Articles
- Lean in the Oil Fields, Ric Van Der Linden
- Walking Through Lean, Jim Womack
- Roots of Lean, Jim Huntzinger
- Learning to Lead at Toyota, Steven Spear
- Taking Back the Weekend, Wall Street Journal
- What’s Wrong with Six Sigma, ASQ
- After Six Sigma, What’s Next, ASQ
- Lean Six Sigma Leads Xerox, Arthur Fornari
- A Managers Guide to Implementing Lean, Manufacturing and Technology News
- Toyota’s Success Pleases Proponents of Lean, Del Jones, USA Today
Books
Continuous Improvement Culture and Strategy
- The Outstanding Organization, Karen Martin
- Creating a Culture of Lean, David Mann
- Beyond Strategic Vision, Michael Cowley
- A Passion for Success, Kazuo Inamori
- Making Change Work, Brien Palmer
- Six Sigma for Managers, Greg Brue
Performance Measurements
- The Basics of Performance Measurements, Jerry Harbour
- Keeping Score, Mark Graham Brown
- Real Numbers, Jean Cunningham
- Practical Lean Accounting, Brian Maskell
Lean Basics
- Lean Thinking, James Womack
- Lean Transformation, Bruce Henderson
- The Lean Enterprise Memory Jogger, Richard MacInnes
- Lean Production Simplified, Pascal Dennis
- Shopfloor Series by Productivity Press (one book on each tool)
- The Toyota Way, Jeffery Liker
Value Steam Mapping
- Value Stream Mapping, Karen Martin and Mike Osterling
- Learning to See, Mike Rother and John Shook
- Seeing the Whole, Dan Jones and Jim Womack
- The Complete Lean Enterprise, Beau Keyte
Kaizen
- Gemba Kaizen, Masaaki Imai
- The Kaizen Blitz, Anthony Laraia
- Kaizen for the Shopfloor, Productivity Press
- The Kaizen Event Planner, Karen Martin and Mike Osterling
Lean Six Sigma
- Lean Six Sigma Pocket Tool Book, Michael George
- The Black Belt Memory Jogger
- Six Sigma for Small Business, Greg Brue
- Six Sigma for Managers, Greg Brue
Administrative and Service
- Lean Six Sigma for Service, Michael George
- The Lean Office Pocket Guide
- Lean Supply Chain Management, Michael Donovan
- The Lean Healthcare Pocket Guide
- The Complete Lean Enterprise, Beau Keyte