Publications

• Articles
• Books

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Articles

Visit this page often to view articles we’ve published and worthy reads by colleagues: 

• The Trust Factor
  by Karen Martin, Industrial Engineer
• On Lean Enterprise and its Healthcare Implications
  by Karen Martin, Journal for Healthcare Quality
• Kaizen Events:  Achieving Rapid and Dramatic Improvement through Focused Attention and Team-Based Solutions 
  by Karen Martin, Society for Health Systems Newsletter
• Lean Thinking for Knowledge Work
  by Matthew May, Quality Journal
• Taking Back the Weekend
  by Sue Shellenbarger, Wall Street Journal
• A Manager's Guide to Implementing Lean
  Interview with early Lean adopter, George Koenigsaecker, Manufacturing & Technology News

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Books

Lean Philosophy

• The Toyota Way, Jeffrey Liker, 2005
• Lean Thinking, Jim Womack & Daniel Jones, 2003
• Leading the Lean Enterprise Transformation, George Koenigsaecker, 2009

A3 Management

• Understanding A3 Thinking, Durward Sobek & Art Smalley, 2008.
• Managing to Learn: Using the A3 Management Process to Solve Problems, Gain Agreement, Mentor, and Lead, John Shook, 2008.

Value Stream Mapping

• The Complete Lean Enterprise: Value Stream Mapping for Administrative and Office Processes, Beau Keyte & Drew Locher, 2004. (Shingo Prize)
• Learning to See, Mike Rother and John Shook, Lean Enterprise Institute, 2003.

Kaizen Events

• The Kaizen Event Planner: Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office, Service, and Technical Environments, Karen Martin & Mike Osterling, 2007.
• Kaizen Event Fieldbook, Mark Hamel, 2010.

Process Mapping

• Metrics-Based Process Mapping: An Excel-Based Solution, Karen Martin & Mike Osterling, 2008.

Lean Product Development

• Value Stream Mapping for Lean Development: A How-To Guide for Streamlining Time to Market, Drew Locker, 2009.

Lean Accounting

• Real Numbers: Management Accounting in a Lean Organization, Jean Cunningham et. al, 2003.
• Accounting for World Class Operations: A Practical Guide for Providing Relevant Information in Support of the Lean Enterprise, Jerrold Solomon & Rosemary Fullerton, 2007. (Shingo Prize)
• The Lean Business Management System: Lean Accounting Principles & Practices Toolkit, Brian Maskell et. al, 2007.
• Practical Lean Accounting: A Proven System for Measuring and Managing the Lean Enterprise, Brian Maskell & Bruce Baggaley, 2003.
• Who’s Counting? A Lean Accounting Business Novel, Jerrold Solomon, 2003.

Lean Healthcare

• Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction, Mark Graban, 2008.

Lean - Miscellaneous

• Lean I.T.: Enabling and Sustaining Your Lean Transformation, Steve Bell & Mike Orzen, 2010.
• Hoshin Kanri for the Lean Enterprise: Developing and Managing Capabilities and Managing Profit, Thomas Jackson, 2006. (Shingo Prize)
• Whaddya Mean I Gotta Be Lean?, Jeff Hajek, 2009.

Visual Management

• Back of the Napkin, Dan Roam, 2009.
• Work That Makes Sense, Gwendolyn Galsworth, 2010.

Trending General Business Topics

• The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance, Tony Schwartz et al., 2010.
• The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right, Atul Gawande, 2009.
• In Pursuit of Elegance: Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing, Matt May, 2009.
• Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us, Daniel Pink, 2009.
• The Elegant Solution: Toyota's Formula for Mastering Innovation,Matthew May, 2006.

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