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The Machine That Changed the World
James P. Womack
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Overview of The Machine That Changed the World

Discover how Toyota's lean production system revolutionized manufacturing globally, dethroning GM as the world's largest automaker. This 1990 bestseller sparked a cross-industry efficiency movement - why did it transform everything from healthcare to retail while challenging decades of industrial orthodoxy?

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When a Tiny Automaker Toppled the Giants

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In 1950, a young Japanese engineer named Eiji Toyoda walked through Ford's massive Rouge plant in Detroit-the cathedral of American manufacturing might. Assembly lines stretched for miles. Mountains of inventory towered like steel pyramids. Thousands of workers performed repetitive tasks in deafening noise. Ford was producing more cars in a single day than Toyota made in an entire year. Yet Toyoda returned to Japan convinced he could build a better system. It seemed absurd. Toyota was broke, operating in a devastated postwar economy with barely any capital. But forty years later, that "impossible" vision had become reality. Toyota didn't just catch up-it fundamentally reimagined how things should be made, creating what we now call lean production. This wasn't merely an incremental improvement. It was a revolution that would eventually reshape manufacturing across every industry, from healthcare to construction to technology.

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The Old World and the Constraints That Sparked Revolution

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Inside Two Factories: A Study in Contrasts

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Designing at Speed and Transforming the Supply Chain

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The Human Element: Why This Matters Beyond Manufacturing

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Overcoming Barriers and Building a Leaner World

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The Revolution That Changes Everything

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