The Best 19 Pages on Lean Thinking
April 6th, 2003 by HalEarth Day, Natural Capitalism, and Lean Thinking
Earth Day is April 22. (Let's stay out of the controversy on whether the real Earth Day is March or April.) I am reminded of a fascinating book Natural Capitalism, Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins. The authors argue our world view is the limitation to living in a world economy that doesn't deplete the ecosystem by accounting for resource productivity — doing (much) more with less.
In chapter seven, "muda (waste), Service, and Flow", the authors paraphrase Jim Womack's and Dan Jones' book Lean Thinking. These are some of the best 19 pages on lean thinking that you will find. If you don't buy the book, at least read the chapter over a cup of latte at Barnes and Noble.
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April 7th, 2003 at 3:06 pm
here are the 19 pages on lean (chapter 7: muda, service and flow) right from the Natural Capitalism website:
http://www.natcap.org/images/other/NCchapter7.pdf
Claude
April 7th, 2003 at 3:34 pm
Cluade,
Thanks for pointing to the PDF on Ch 7. I’ve updated the link in my posting and added it to my blogroll.
:+:
November 29th, 2005 at 1:47 pm
this is worth reposting as new.