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Recommended Lean Articles

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No.Title Function / Industry / Subject Area Author(s) Source

1A hospital-wide strategy for fixing emergency-

department overcrowdingHealthcare

Brandon Carrus, Stephen

Corbett, and Deepak

Khandelwal

The McKinsey Quarterly*

2 A Lean Marriott Service IndustryLean Learning Center

Staff

Lean Learning Center

http://www.leanlearningcenter.com/aboutus/our_experience__marriott.c

fm

3 A Lean public sector GovernmentMaia Hansen and John

StonerThe McKinsey Quarterly*

4 Adapting lean for customized bank processes BankingFranklin Garrigues and

Melinda TanThe McKinsey Quarterly*

5 Any color you want except tuxedo black Global Supply Chain Management John ShookLean Enterprise Institute

http://www.lean.org/common/display/?o=1810

6 Applying lean manufacturing in China ManufacturingSasan Aminpour and

Jonathan R. WoetzelThe McKinsey Quarterly*

7 Applying lean production to the public sector GovernmentNina Bhatia and John

DrewThe McKinsey Quarterly*

8 O.R. Turnover Efficiency Improves 46% HealthcareHealthcare Performance

Partners Staff

Healthcare Performance Partners

http://leanhealthcareperformance.com/healthcaredocuments/HPPCaseSt

udyORTurnover.pdf

9Reducing turnaround times in Pathology using

Lean ThinkingHealthcare NHS Staff

NHS Trust

http://www.institute.nhs.uk/quality_and_value/lean_thinking/leean_case

_studies.html

10Applying lean to application development and

maintenanceSoftware

Noah B. Kindler,

Vasantha

Krishnakanthan and

Ranjit Tinaikar

The McKinsey Quarterly*

11Better Manufacturing in China: An interview

with two of PLP's top executivesManufacturing James R. Hexter The McKinsey Quarterly*

12Beyond manufacturing: The evolution of lean

productionLean for non-manufacturing Stephen Corbett The McKinsey Quarterly*

13 Lean Six Sigma for the services industry Service Industry Peter Guarraia, et al

Bain & Company

http://www.bain.com/publications/articles/lean-six-sigma-for-services-

industry.aspx

14 Chile's lesson in lean banking Banking Thomas Elewaut et al The McKinsey Quarterly*

15 First National Toyota Banking

Anthony R. Goland, John

Hall and Devereaux A.

Clifford

The McKinsey Quarterly*

16From lean to lasting: Making operational

improvements stickChange Management

David Fine, Maia Hansen

and Stefan RoggerhoferThe McKinsey Quarterly*

17

How Human Resource

Departments Can Help

Lean Transformation

Human ResourcesDr. Monica W. Tracey

Jamie W. FlinchbaughLean Learning Center

http://www.leanlearningcenter.com/downloads/How_HR_Helps_Lean.pdf

18Lean Accounting Expert Brian Maskell Gives

GuidanceAccounting IW Staff

Industry Week

http://www.industryweek.com/articles/lean_accounting_expert_brian_ma

skell_gives_guidance_16916.aspx?Page=2&SectionID=1

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Recommended Lean Books

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No.Book Title Author(s) Publisher Publication Year ISBN/ASIN

1 Managing transitions Bridges, W. New York: Perseus Publishing 2003 1857883411

2 Voices into choices: Acting on the voice of the customer Burchill, G., & Brodie, C.HMadison, WI: Center for Quality of

Management/Joiner Assoc., Inc.1997 1884731139

3 Good to great: Why some companies make the leap…and others don’t Collins, J. HarperCollins Pub. 2001 0-06-662099-6

4 Throughput accounting Corbett, T. New York: North River Press 1998 0-88427-158-7

5 Adventures of a bystander Drucker, P.F. New York: Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998 471247391

6 Today and tomorrow Ford, H. New York: Productivity Press 1988 9780915299362

7 Fundamentals of Fourth Generation Management, Voice of the Customer, Leader Workbook. Oriel Incorporated. Oriel Incorporated 1992 70327157

8 The critical chain Goldratt, E.M. North River Press 1997 884271536

9 The haystack syndrome Goldratt, E.M. North River Press 2006 9780884271840

10 The goal Goldratt, E.M., & Cox, J. North River Press 1984 0-88427-178-1

11 The race Goldratt, E.M., & Fox, R.E. North River Press 1996 9780884270621

12 Autonomous maintenance in seven steps: Implementing TPM on the shop floor Gotoh, F., & Tajiri, M. Productivity Press 1999 9781563272196

13 Attaining manufacturing excellence Hall, R. McGraw-Hill 1987 B001K4UVUO

14 Lean transformation: How to change your business into a lean enterpriseHenderson, B.A., Larco, J.L., &

Martin, S.H. Oaklee Press 1999 0-9646601-2-1

15 Make no mistake! An outcome-based approach to mistake-proofing Hinckley, C. M. Productivity Press 2001 156327227X

16 Leading change Kotter, J.P. Harvard Business School Press 1996 875847471

17 Lean lexicon Lean Enterprise Institute Lean Enterprise Institute 2008 966784367

18 The Toyota way: 14 management principles from the world’s greatest manufacturer Liker, J. K. McGraw-Hill 2004 0-07-139231-9

19 The lean enterprise memory jogger: Create value and eliminate waste throughout your company Macinnes, R.L. Goal QPC 2002 1-57681-045-3

20 Creating a lean culture Mann, D. Productivity Press 2010 1439811415

21 Practical lean accounting: A proven system for measuring and managing the lean enterprise Maskell, B.H., & Baggaley, B.L Productivity Press 2003 1-56327-243-1

22 Toyota production system Ohno, T. Productivity Press 1988 915299143

23 LeanSpeak Junewick,M. Productivity Press 2002 156327275X

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Recommended Lean Videos

Ref. No. Video Title Video Link

1 Miscellaneous Lean Videos http://www.superfactory.com/content/videos.html

2 Lean Manufacturing (TPS) One Piece Flow Simulation http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5799919116012217552#

3 Lean Manufacturing in Die Shop http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5799919116012217552#docid=-3435592188116757205

4 Leading Rockwell Collins’ Lean Transformation http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/378

5 Introduction to lean six sigma methods http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/aeronautics-and-astronautics/16-660-introduction-to-lean-six-sigma-methods-january-iap-2008/videos/

6 Lean Thinking in Healthcare http://lean.mit.edu/videos/mark-grubar-lean-thinking-in-healthcare.html

7 Getting Started with Lean Lessons Learned http://lean.mit.edu/videos/eric-w-dickson-getting-started-with-lean-lessons-learned-part1.html

8 Lean Manufacturing on World Business Review http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I29OUFcIheA

9 Lean Government City of Cape Coral, Fl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um6gHUMIHGk&feature=player_embedded

10 Lucy: A Push System http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEEovJfuwkg

11 Bahnhof market http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0fM0fP8P1Y

12 Japanese way of folding T-shirts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5AWQ5aBjgE

13 Creating Value in a Volatile World http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/761

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Recommended Websites

Ref. No. Website Link

1 http://www.lean.org/Search/

2 http://www.leanlearningcenter.com/knowledge_center/articles.cfm

3 http://www.productivityinc.com/case_studies/

4 http://www.superfactory.com/content/articles-featured.html

5 http://www.sme.org/cgi-bin/getsmepg.pl?/enews/leandirections/home.htm&&&LEANDIR&

6 http://www.mmtc.org/Why/success.aspx?cat=LEAN+Business+Solutions

7 http://michiganlean.org/

8 http://www.epa.gov/lean/leanenvironment.htm

9 http://www.leancompanies.com/

10 http://www.gdc-tbs.com/cw/Glossary.htm

11 http://www.emsstrategies.com/articles.html

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