Two great books about Taiichi Ohno, the Toyota Production System, the beginnings of Lean and the quest for high performance

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Two great books about Taiichi Ohno, the Toyota Production System, the beginnings of Lean and the quest for high performance

Niels Pflaeging recommends two books: "The Birth of Lean", edited by Koichi Shimokawa and Takahiro Fujimoto, and "Management Lessons from Taiichi Ohno", by Takehiko Harada

May 15, 2025

This is the 2nd episode of “Books to read” - both are about the history of Lean, and about how the TPS came about.

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