Recommended Books & Videos

Books

General Concepts:

The Perfect Engine – Anand Sharma  & Patricia Moody
(available at www.tbmstore.com)

The Machine That Changed the World - James Womack
(available at www.tbmstore.com)

Lean Thinking - James Womack
(available at www.tbmstore.com)

Toyota Production System: Beyond Large Scale Production - Taiichi Ohno
(available at www.Amazon.com)

Today and Tomorrow - Henry Ford
(available at www.Amazon.com)

Better Thinking, Better Results: Using the Power of Lean as a Total Business Solution -
Bob L. Emiliani, David Stec, Lawrence Grasso, James Stodder
(available at www.Amazon.com)

The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles From The World's Greatest Manufacturer -
Jeffrey Liker
(available at www.Amazon.com)


Shopfloor Introduction

All I Needed To Know About Manufacturing I Learned In Joe’s Garage
William Miller & Vicki Schenk
(available from: Bayrock Press (208-376-2266) or at www.Amazon.com)


Specific Tools and Techniques

Kanban: Just-In-Time at Toyota - Japan Management Association (eds.)
(available at www.Amazon.com)

A Study of the Toyota Production System From an Industrial Engineering Viewpoint -
Shigeo Shingo
(available at www.Amazon.com)

TPM Development Program: Implementing Total Productive Maintenance -
Seiichi Nakajima (ed.)
(available at www.Amazon.com, but it is out of print and availability is limited)

Zero Quality Control: Source Inspection and the Poka-Yoke System - Shigeo Shingo
(available at www.Amazon.com)

A Revolution In Manufacturing: The SMED System - Shigeo Shingo
(available at www.tbmstore.com)

Managerial Engineering: Techniques For Improving Quality and Productivity In the Workplace -
Ryuji Fukuda
(available at www.Amazon.com, but it is out of print and availability is limited)

Handbook of Quality Tools: The Japanese Approach - Kazuo Ozeki & Tetsuichi Asaka
(available at www.Amazon.com, but it is out of print and availability is limited)

The Toyota Production System - Yasuhiro Monden
(available at www.Amazon.com)


Videos

"Shingijutsu Kaizen Lecture Series" (4 videos)
(available by contacting: KAIZEN Video Sales Section, SHINGIJUTSU CO., LTD., at:office@shingijutsu.co.jp)

"Shingijutsu Jidoka" (video)
(available by contacting: KAIZEN Video Sales Section, SHINGIJUTSU CO., LTD., at:office@shingijutsu.co.jp)
   - There are two different versions: Sheet Metal Fabrication and Machining Processes

Time, The Next Dimension of Quality (video)
(Available from: CRM Films 800-421-0833)
   - Presents a methodology for analyzing business processes to eliminate waste.


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