The Toyota Production System (TPS), designed to take waste out of the manufacturing process, served as an important model for just-in-time production. Now, companies are applying lean concepts outside of the factory floor, motivated by the need to cut costs and streamline operations to create a just-in-time business model. That requires leadership, teamwork, and full comprehension of business processes. Take a look at the resources provided below to become familiar with the groups, technologies, and tools that can help a company move down the lean path.
Books and Organizations
The Lean Enterprise Institute
The Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc., founded by James Womack in 1997, supports anyone on a lean journey. The education, publishing, research, and conference organization develops hypotheses about lean thinking and experiments to see which approaches work best in the real world. The group carries out its mission through lean education, lean learning materials, lean summits, and the website.