Many companies have already introduced Lean, WCM and 6 Sigma, in order to try to realize the potential these techniques promise: double the production at half the costs. But in the western world, we have proved to be less successful in achieving these goals than the Japanse are. In this book, Steven Blom explains why, and he proposes ideas and methods to make real progress in increasing productivity. According to Blom, balancing out the Technical and the Social Systems within a company is cru...

Times have changed fundamentally. Hierarchical management according to the Taylor model has become outdated. Companies can no longer survive by simply continuing to do what they've always done. Many people ask themselves the question of how we should move on with our businesses and manufacturing industries. This book provides some of the answers to this question. It delves deeply into the Monozukuri philosophy and explains how one can use it to achieve mastery in production and management. It...