Machine That Changed the World

The classic, nationally bestselling book that first articulated the principles of lean production, with a new foreword and afterword by the authors.When The Machine That Changed the World was first published in 1990, Toyota was half the size of General Motors. Twenty years later Toyota passed GM as the worlds largest auto maker. This management classic was the first book to reveal Toyotas lean production system that is the basis for its enduring success. Authors Womack, Jones, and Roos provided ...