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Operations, lean and quality

Business models

The Toyota Production System, lean, the theory of constraints, quality management, management systems, project delivery and supply-chain resilience.

32 books on Operations, lean and quality, 2 of them tier 1, recommended by 19 people including Mohnish Pabrai and Patrick Collison.

32 books · 22 experts

Start here

  1. Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale ProductionTaiichi Ohno, 1988
  2. The Machine That Changed the WorldJames P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, Daniel Roos, 1990
  3. KaizenMasaaki Imai, 1986
  4. Theory of ConstraintsEliyahu M. Goldratt, 1990
  5. Critical ChainEliyahu M. Goldratt, 1997

The best books on Operations, lean and quality 32

Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-ScaleToyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production
T1 Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production
Taiichi Ohno · 1988
Insider account: the system's architect explains it himself.
Open Library
The Machine That Changed the WorldThe Machine That Changed the World
T1 The Machine That Changed the World
James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, Daniel Roos · 1990
MIT study that named lean production and made Toyota the benchmark.
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KaizenKaizen
T2 Kaizen
Masaaki Imai · 1986
The book that introduced continuous improvement to Western managers.
Open Library
Theory of ConstraintsTheory of Constraints
T2 Theory of Constraints
Eliyahu M. Goldratt · 1990
Open Library
Critical ChainCritical Chain
T2 Critical Chain
Eliyahu M. Goldratt · 1997
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ClockspeedClockspeed
T2 Clockspeed
Charles H. Fine · 1998
When to integrate and when to outsource, framed as an oscillating cycle.
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Beyond BudgetingBeyond Budgeting
T2 Beyond Budgeting
Jeremy Hope, Robin Fraser · 2003
The case against the annual budget as a control device.
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Megaprojects and RiskMegaprojects and Risk
T2 Megaprojects and Risk
Bent Flyvbjerg, Nils Bruzelius, Werner Rothengatter · 2003
The evidence that traffic forecasts and costs are systematically wrong.
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The Toyota WayThe Toyota Way
T2 The Toyota Way
Jeffrey K. Liker · 2004
The most widely used codification of Toyota's management principles.
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The Resilient EnterpriseThe Resilient Enterprise
T2 The Resilient Enterprise
Yossi Sheffi · 2005
The trade-off between lean inventory and disruption risk.
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Toyota KataToyota Kata
T2 Toyota Kata
Mike Rother · 2009
The improvement and coaching routines beneath the visible tools.
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The Phoenix ProjectThe Phoenix Project
T2 The Phoenix Project
Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford · 2013
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Measure What MattersMeasure What Matters
T2 Measure What Matters
John Doerr · 2017
OKRs as Doerr learned them at Intel and spread through venture portfolios
Open Library
Recommended byBill GatesAmy HoodCraig BlairLarry PagePatrick Bet-DavidReid HoffmanSusan Wojcicki
Taiichi Ohno's Workplace Management
T3 Taiichi Ohno's Workplace Management
Taiichi Ohno · 1988
Insider account: Ohno's shorter, blunter shop-floor essays.
Open Library
Plain Talk: Lessons from a Business MaverickPlain Talk: Lessons from a Business Maverick
T3 Plain Talk: Lessons from a Business Maverick
Ken Iverson · 1997
Nucor's chief executive on flat structure, incentive pay and minimills
Open Library
“Another great builder of our time was Kenneth Iverson. In just a few decades, Iverson transformed a small, nearly bankrupt company into the largest and most profitable steel company in the U.S…”Francois Rochon
Recommended byFrancois Rochon
Toyota Under FireToyota Under Fire
T3 Toyota Under Fire
Jeffrey K. Liker, Timothy N. Ogden · 2011
The recall crisis and tsunami tested against the lean model.
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The Good Jobs StrategyThe Good Jobs Strategy
T3 The Good Jobs Strategy
Zeynep Ton · 2014
Why Costco, Trader Joe's and QuikTrip pay more and still undercut rivals.
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The Power of ResilienceThe Power of Resilience
T3 The Power of Resilience
Yossi Sheffi · 2015
Deep-tier supply-chain risk, a decade on.
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How Big Things Get DoneHow Big Things Get Done
T3 How Big Things Get Done
Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner · 2023
Why megaprojects overrun, and the reference-class forecasting correction.
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Out of the CrisisOut of the Crisis
T4 Out of the Crisis
W. Edwards Deming, W. Edwards Deming · 1982
The fourteen points; quality as the cheapest way to produce.
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
The GoalThe Goal
T4 The Goal
Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox · 1984
Constraint theory taught as a novel; throughput accounting made intuitive.
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Recommended byMohnish PabraiNat EliasonPatrick CollisonJeff BezosKevin SystromNick HuberRyan Peterson
Competing Against TimeCompeting Against Time
T4 Competing Against Time
Jr. George Stalk, Thomas M. Hout · 1990
Open Library
Recommended byTim Cook
Double Your Profits: In Six Months or LessDouble Your Profits: In Six Months or Less
T4 Double Your Profits: In Six Months or Less
Bob Fifer · 1993
Cost discipline handbook widely used by buyout and turnaround operators
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish PabraiPatrick O'ShaughnessyJamie Dimon
Lean ThinkingLean Thinking
T4 Lean Thinking
James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones · 1996
Value, flow and pull generalised beyond the car industry.
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish PabraiJeff Bezos
The Balanced ScorecardThe Balanced Scorecard
T4 The Balanced Scorecard
Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton · 1996
Measuring what the financials miss.
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The Outsourcing RevolutionThe Outsourcing Revolution
T4 The Outsourcing Revolution
Michael F. Corbett · 2004
Practitioner survey of outsourcing decisions and their economics.
Open Library
Extreme ToyotaExtreme Toyota
T4 Extreme Toyota
Emi Osono, Norihiko Shimizu, Hirotaka Takeuchi · 2008
Argues Toyota runs on deliberate internal contradictions.
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The Breakthrough Imperative: How the Best MaThe Breakthrough Imperative: How the Best Managers Get Outstanding Results
T4 The Breakthrough Imperative: How the Best Managers Get Outstanding Results
Mark Gottsfredson · 2008
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The ChoiceThe Choice
T4 The Choice
Eliyahu M. Goldratt · 2008
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One DoctSafe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out
T4 Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out
Peter Pronovost, Eric Vohr · 2010
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
FIRE
T4 FIRE
Dan Ward
unverified
Recommended byClaire Diaz-Ortiz
The CIO’s Guide to Breakthrough Portfolio Pr
T4 The CIO’s Guide to Breakthrough Portfolio Project Management
Michael Hannan et al.
unverified
Recommended byNat Eliason

Experts 22

The people who wrote this page's books, and the people who recommend them.

Authors 3

EM
Eliyahu M. Goldrattwrote 4 books hereJohn Doerrwrote 1 book here
DG
Dan Gardnerwrote 1 book here

Recommenders 19

MP
Mohnish Pabrairecommends 7 books hereJeff Bezosrecommends 2 books here
NE
Nat Eliasonrecommends 2 books herePatrick Collisonrecommends 2 books hereReid Hoffmanrecommends 1 book here
FR
Francois Rochonrecommends 1 book hereAmy Hoodrecommends 1 book hereBill Gatesrecommends 1 book hereClaire Diaz-Ortizrecommends 1 book here
CB
Craig Blairrecommends 1 book hereJamie Dimonrecommends 1 book hereKevin Systromrecommends 1 book here
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Larry Pagerecommends 1 book here
NH
Nick Huberrecommends 1 book herePatrick Bet-Davidrecommends 1 book here
PO
Patrick O'Shaughnessyrecommends 1 book here
RP
Ryan Petersonrecommends 1 book hereSusan Wojcickirecommends 1 book hereTim Cookrecommends 1 book here
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