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New Shop Floor Management: Empowering People for Continuous Improvement

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I had a copy of this book for years and lost it recently. Although I remember so much of it by heart I bought another copy as it is one of the most timeless, relevant and clearly written books on deploying visual production controls. I thought that was testimony enough to the value of the book.

This book covers many of the philosophical underpinnings of lean and describes how to establish lean in a company. While it was first published in 1993 (and received many excellent reviews at the time), I found there to be a lot of timeless wisdom in the book. This is even after I have read three of the Liker books and numerous other lean books. Mr. Suzaki puts things in a way that is both straightforward and deep.

Whether you have already read a number of lean books or are just starting off, this book provides excellent direction and food for thought.

With at least 25 Lean and TOC books under my belt and over 4 years of experience in taking my own company Lean. This book is another level up in bringing solutions for long term sustainability of Lean company's.

It may sound unlikely, but ... I worked in the company which had implemented the NSFM! Unfortunately:
1. NSFM has detoriated now, and it is never more the NSFM company.
2. I understand what NSFM is all about after 3 years since I left this NSFM company. Now I try to implement NSFM based on this book. The book is very helpful unless to change people mind is long-term work (for years not months, esp. when you are mid-manager, so you have to work in both direction - towards top exec. and down).

Worth reading, understanding and implementing.... (togehter with lean manufacturing).

In times like today, it is very important to utilize all recourses in your company to make progress. The empowerment and involvement of all levels including shop floor is the key to be successful. I had the opportunity to join a journey like described in the book 3 times and I had the joy to lead 2 of these processes.
If people take ownership and the processes are transparent, you can manage and lead people in the right direction and they will you lead in the right direction.
I think this book is a must for everybody who is involved in a change process.

Markus Vock
Lean specialist

It is a hit book just feed readers' needs - especially for value chain or Costing saving research.

This guy must be from outer space!
His junk will not fly in our factories, I guarantee it!