I am preparing for LEAN certification by SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineering). I have built a library of LEAN and Six Sigma reference and training books. This book is useless.
If you need a pocket guide for mobility go with the The Lean Pocket Guide@ $7.95.

This book will help reduce and even eliminate waste in your organization. It's worth trying. It makes manufacturing processes to flow better and brings quality improvement to the work place. I recommend it. All our employees should read it (Spanish Version) / Este libro ayuda a reducir e incluso a eliminar desperdicio en su organización. Vale la pena intentarlo. Hace que los processos de manufactura fluyan mejor y trae mejoría a la calidad en el lugar de trabajo. Lo recomiendo (Version en Español)

Very tiny book. I was not expecting such a small book. Very expensive item for its size.
Book arrived with a grease stain on the cover!

If I had to give a 1-2 day seminar on the subject, this would be a handy handbook. For that purpose, it should be used, not as a general reference on lean manufacturing.

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If I had to give a 1-2 day seminar on the subject, this would be a handy handbook. For that purpose, it should be used, not as a general reference on lean manufacturing.

If this review was helpful, please add your vote. Thanks.

I purchased this handbook to be used as a quick reference guide and as part training aid when I talk to my Clients in the manufacturing sector. It has completely satisfied these requirements and the other factor that appealed was its true "pocket" size.

Delighted with this book. Firstly it's size is great as when you are on the Gemba (Floor) you can have this in your back pocket and referance it when needed. It goes through the various concepts of Lean in an easy format and then explains the techniques. As a Lean BlackBelt myself, it's a great tool to use in every day situations.

This is a fantastic little book on lean manufacturing written by an experienced and knowledgeable industrial engineer. The author's in-depth knowledge on the subject enabled him to distill the critical and important elements of lean manufacturing and convey it in an easy to understand and follow format.

The book has clear definitions and explanations of concepts like JIT, lean manufacturing, waste (over-production, wait time, transportation, processing, inventory, motion and defect waste), value stream mapping, quality at source, cellular manufacturing, production leveling, Kanban and Kaizen, among other useful and interesting concepts.

The book is excellent value for money. It is recommended that one buys it for the whole company if involved in manufacturing operations.

Skimpy.

Kenneth Dailey has written a mini book that takes apart the deep production philosophy of lean and reduces it to a series of definitions, a grab bag of techniques, and an acronym soup.

It's hard to visualize how this can be useful for any serious seeker of improved manufacturing practice. Lean is a journey of production transformation from the inside out. The surface treatment afforded by this book suggests something quite different - the possibility of a quick fix that follows from being able to disentangle the meanings of Kanban, Poka Yoke, and Value Stream Mapping.

Some of the book's content is worse than unhelpful. For example, in talking about Kaizen, Dailey writes, "The team members themselves should implement the no-brainer and quick-turn changes". This dismissive assessment of the problem solving capability of workers will not foster the level of employee involvement on which any successful lean implementation ultimately must depend.

The book ends (page 40) with the author admitting, "You should consider the information inside this pocket handbook to be the baseline minimum". This certainly is not an understatement.

For those seeking a succinct overview of the essence of lean, I would recommend The Spirit of Manufacturing Excellence, by Ernest Huge.

Skimpy.

Kenneth Dailey has written a mini book that takes apart the deep production philosophy of lean and reduces it to a series of definitions, a grab bag of techniques, and an acronym soup.

It's hard to visualize how this can be useful for any serious seeker of improved manufacturing practice. Lean is a journey of production transformation from the inside out. The surface treatment afforded by this book suggests something quite different - the possibility of a quick fix that follows from being able to disentangle the meanings of Kanban, Poka Yoke, and Value Stream Mapping.

Some of the book's content is worse than unhelpful. For example, in talking about Kaizen, Dailey writes, "The team members themselves should implement the no-brainer and quick-turn changes". This dismissive assessment of the problem solving capability of workers will not foster the level of employee involvement on which any successful lean implementation ultimately must depend.

The book ends (page 40) with the author admitting, "You should consider the information inside this pocket handbook to be the baseline minimum". This certainly is not an understatement.

For those seeking a succinct overview of the essence of lean, I would recommend The Spirit of Manufacturing Excellence, by Ernest Huge.

My company gave everyone a copy of this little book. If you're new to Lean, this is the first book you should read. It's jam-packed, has lots of visual aids, covers everything, and is easy to read. It's a lot of knowledge in a little book.

This is a very very basic book about lean, it's like a mini dictonary it has all of terms used lean.

The pocket books like this help us too much thanks to its size, which let us to carry them to anywhere. We can carry them in our briefcases or in the baggage when we travel and always we can count with information at the hand and too fast.

Best regards.

Pound for ounce this may be the best book out on Lean Manufacturing. It is exactly what the publisher's book description says it is. This is a good deal, superior value at a low price.

When I first saw it I got disapointed for the size of the book. I realized how good it was when I started reading it. It's amazing how much information was placed into such a little thing!

Good balance of theory and application.
Uses straight-forward, common sense approach.

The book is a great primer for the beginner.
Simple organization and straight to the point.