Book · 1990 · Automobile industry and trade
The machine that changed the world
Why people recommend it
The Machine That Changed the World by James P. Womack is an influential Massachusetts Institute of Technology study documenting the rise of lean production and manufacturing principles. On Conversations with Tyler, Nicholas Bloom mentioned the book to illustrate how researchers documented Japanese car manufacturing methods. Bloom used the text to highlight how, despite the rise of consultants in the 1990s and 2000s, many firms initially failed to realize that lean practices offered a far superior way to run a factory.
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- Nicholas Bloom Recommended
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“in fact there's a great mit book called the machine that changed the world that documents that now if you think of the way consultants are operating in the 90s 2000s it isn't obvious to many firms that lean was a far better way to run your factory”