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Books : Kaizen and the Art of Creative Thinking - The Scientific Thinking MechanismIn association with Amazon.comby: Shigeo Shingo  List Price: $59.40 Amazon.com's Price: $42.76 You Save: $16.64 (28%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 658.5 EAN: 9781897363591 ISBN: 1897363591 Label: PCS Inc. and Enna Products Corporation Manufacturer: PCS Inc. and Enna Products Corporation Number Of Pages: 281 Publication Date: October 28, 2007 Publisher: PCS Inc. and Enna Products Corporation Studio: PCS Inc. and Enna Products Corporation Sales Rank: 53928 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Essence of Lean ThinkingIn this book, the reader is taken back behind the proverbial " curtain", to be shown the essence of the thought processes used by one of the profound geniuses of lean thinking in the 20th century. This book will have the heaviest impact upon those who have a great difficulty grasping how to think unconventionally. It will only help those people, when they are truly ready to loosen their grasp upon their traditional paradigms. What particularly impresses me when I read this ... Read More Rating:  - From J. Kaye's Book BlogKaizen is a Japanese word for small changes for continuous improvement. Kai means change and Zen means good. Anthony Robbins, the self-improvement guru, uses this, so does Toyota. "Kaizen and The Art of Creative Thinking" by Shigeo Shingo is a book about change, and how to making it happen. This book is designed to shake up the status-quo. It is self-help for organizations, and has much information that can be used by individuals. While the examples are from manufacturing, these principles ... Read More Rating: - ...the opening to creative thinkingI have just received the book the other day and I am impressed with what impressive clarity Shigeo Shingo shows what Kaizen is really about: -- Finding new ways of improvement through thinking out of the box. Half way through the book I can say it is the most challenging and condensed piece of literature I have read on Lean until the present day. Shigeo Shingo shows through his given examples (from various industries and backgrounds) where people's mental models (meaning ... Read More Rating: - Worth every penny is an understatementHaving practiced Lean for over seven years, my biggest complaint has been the difficulty of finding books written simple and direct. Dr. Shingo's book is easy to read, simple, full of real-world examples not theory, and yet provides deep insight into a difficult area that all western manufacturers struggle with - continuous improvement at all levels. People with different reading styles will appreciate his graphical representations. Although, at times I found them less useful (personal reading style). ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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