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)
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)
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)
"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.