Lean Solutions

How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together

by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones

		Publisher: Copyright © 2005 by Solution Economy, LLC Reprinted by permission of Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., N.Y. Pub. Date: 2005 ISBN: 9780743277785 No. pages: 284 Category: Leadership & Management

In this summary you will learn

What principles define "lean production"
How consumers practice "lean consumption"
How lean consumption can help you improve the organization of your business

Why you should read Lean Solutions

Authors James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones were early proselytizers for the lean production philosophy, a set of "waste-not-want-not" principles that most businesses now accept. But good business requires more than efficient production. Noting that consumers are still not happy, despite an abundant supply of high-quality, low-cost products, the authors now have subjected consumption to "lean" analysis as well - and they’ve found that consumption is as inefficient as production used to be. Consumers face lengthy delays, unhelpful "help" lines, ineffective service representatives, and other annoying and costly wastes of time and energy. getAbstract recommends this book to managers who want to boost their customers’ satisfaction by applying lean principles to consumption as well as to production. Here’s how and, even more important, why.

About the Authors

James P. Womack is president and founder of a nonprofit organization focusing on lean approaches in Brookline, Massachusetts. Daniel T. Jones is chairman and founder of a nonprofit organization that teaches lean business approaches in the U.K.

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