Continuous improvement books

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Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success
Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success 4.17 avg rating — 8,804 ratings
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Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good
Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good 4.01 avg rating — 356 ratings
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Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things 3.95 avg rating — 5,395 ratings
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Gemba Walks
Gemba Walks 3.88 avg rating — 232 ratings
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System: The Shaping of Modern Knowledge
System: The Shaping of Modern Knowledge liked it 3.00 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Continuous Improvements
Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Continuous Improvements 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Gemba Kaizen
Gemba Kaizen 3.76 avg rating — 38 ratings
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The Elegant Solution: Toyota's Formula for Mastering Innovation
The Elegant Solution: Toyota's Formula for Mastering Innovation 4.09 avg rating — 210 ratings
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Mind Gym: Achieve More by Thinking Differently
Mind Gym: Achieve More by Thinking Differently 3.57 avg rating — 370 ratings
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Engineering Psychology and Human Performance
Engineering Psychology and Human Performance 3.82 avg rating — 71 ratings
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Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance 4.12 avg rating — 18,423 ratings
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The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance
The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance 3.92 avg rating — 5,435 ratings
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Design-Driven Growth: Strategy & Case Studies For Product Shapers
Design-Driven Growth: Strategy & Case Studies For Product Shapers 3.39 avg rating — 46 ratings
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The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding & The 11 Immutable Laws of Internet Branding: How to Build a Product or Service Into a World-Class Brand
The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding & The 11 Immutable Laws of Internet Branding: How to Build a Product or Service Into a World-Class Brand
by: Al Ries
3.79 avg rating — 149 ratings
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Running Today's Factory: A Proven Strategy for Lean Manufacturing
Running Today's Factory: A Proven Strategy for Lean Manufacturing 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Usability Testing Essentials: Ready, Set...Test!
Usability Testing Essentials: Ready, Set...Test! 3.82 avg rating — 89 ratings
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Qualitative Research: A Guide to Design and Implementation
Qualitative Research: A Guide to Design and Implementation 3.90 avg rating — 532 ratings
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The Choice
The Choice 4.23 avg rating — 830 ratings
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Lean Startups for Social Change: The Revolutionary Path to Big Impact
Lean Startups for Social Change: The Revolutionary Path to Big Impact 3.67 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Haptics (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
Haptics (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) 3.70 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Info We Trust: How to Inspire the World with Data
Info We Trust: How to Inspire the World with Data 4.01 avg rating — 114 ratings
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Essentials of Inventory Management
Essentials of Inventory Management 3.73 avg rating — 107 ratings
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Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do
Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do 3.91 avg rating — 392 ratings
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Standard Deviations: Flawed Assumptions, Tortured Data, and Other Ways to Lie with Statistics
Standard Deviations: Flawed Assumptions, Tortured Data, and Other Ways to Lie with Statistics 3.95 avg rating — 887 ratings
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Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything
Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything 4.05 avg rating — 955 ratings
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The Art of Product Design: Changing How Things Get Made
The Art of Product Design: Changing How Things Get Made 3.23 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes
Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes 3.96 avg rating — 4,870 ratings
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Quality Is Free: The Art of Making Quality Certain
Quality Is Free: The Art of Making Quality Certain 4.06 avg rating — 248 ratings
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My Life And Work
My Life And Work 4.18 avg rating — 5,346 ratings
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Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line
Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line 4.01 avg rating — 1,757 ratings
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The Machine That Changed the World : The Story of Lean Production
The Machine That Changed the World : The Story of Lean Production 4.03 avg rating — 2,473 ratings
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Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to Management
Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to Management 4.10 avg rating — 614 ratings
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Toyota Production System: Beyond large-scale production
Toyota Production System: Beyond large-scale production 4.11 avg rating — 2,001 ratings
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Kaizen: The Key to Japan's Competitive Success
Kaizen: The Key to Japan's Competitive Success 3.99 avg rating — 433 ratings
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Learning to See: Value Stream Mapping to Add Value and Eliminate MUDA
Learning to See: Value Stream Mapping to Add Value and Eliminate MUDA 4.13 avg rating — 752 ratings
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Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving
Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving 3.87 avg rating — 1,281 ratings
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 3.88 avg rating — 34,382 ratings
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Why We Work (TED Books)
Why We Work (TED Books) 3.64 avg rating — 2,144 ratings
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Shop Management
Shop Management 4.24 avg rating — 46 ratings
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A Revolution in Manufacturing: The SMED System
A Revolution in Manufacturing: The SMED System 4.28 avg rating — 85 ratings
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The Agile Mind-Set: Making Agile Processes Work
The Agile Mind-Set: Making Agile Processes Work
by: Gil Broza
4.01 avg rating — 114 ratings
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The Jungle
The Jungle 3.78 avg rating — 152,252 ratings
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Leading Change
Leading Change 4.03 avg rating — 22,704 ratings
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The Principles of Scientific Management
The Principles of Scientific Management 3.66 avg rating — 958 ratings
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One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way
One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way 4.01 avg rating — 9,371 ratings
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Quality Without Tears: The Art of Hassle-Free Management
Quality Without Tears: The Art of Hassle-Free Management 3.67 avg rating — 101 ratings
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Lean Six Sigma : combining Six Sigma quality with lean speed
Lean Six Sigma : combining Six Sigma quality with lean speed 3.69 avg rating — 231 ratings
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A Study of the Toyota Production System: From an Industrial Engineering Viewpoint
A Study of the Toyota Production System: From an Industrial Engineering Viewpoint 4.09 avg rating — 106 ratings
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The Lean Startup
The Lean Startup
by: Eric Ries
4.11 avg rating — 356,029 ratings
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The Power of Business Process Improvement: 10 Simple Steps to Increase Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Adaptability
The Power of Business Process Improvement: 10 Simple Steps to Increase Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Adaptability 3.68 avg rating — 100 ratings
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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action 4.10 avg rating — 257,779 ratings
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The Design of Everyday Things
The Design of Everyday Things 4.15 avg rating — 46,467 ratings
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Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together
Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together 3.87 avg rating — 309 ratings
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Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation
Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation 3.92 avg rating — 5,933 ratings
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Extreme Toyota: Radical Contradictions That Drive Success at the World's Best Manufacturer
Extreme Toyota: Radical Contradictions That Drive Success at the World's Best Manufacturer
by: Emi Osono
3.37 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Critical Chain
Critical Chain 4.03 avg rating — 4,022 ratings
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The Deming Management Method
The Deming Management Method 3.97 avg rating — 336 ratings
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Lean from the Trenches: Managing Large-Scale Projects with Kanban
Lean from the Trenches: Managing Large-Scale Projects with Kanban 4.20 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
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Out of the Crisis
Out of the Crisis 4.01 avg rating — 4,549 ratings
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Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 10 Powerful Tools for Life and Work
Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 10 Powerful Tools for Life and Work 3.85 avg rating — 3,670 ratings
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Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman 3.73 avg rating — 1,696 ratings
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Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business 3.90 avg rating — 35,343 ratings
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Rewire: Change Your Brain to Break Bad Habits, Overcome Addictions, Conquer Self-Destructive Behavior
Rewire: Change Your Brain to Break Bad Habits, Overcome Addictions, Conquer Self-Destructive Behavior 3.82 avg rating — 1,918 ratings
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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us 3.95 avg rating — 123,672 ratings
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Lean For Dummies
Lean For Dummies 3.60 avg rating — 233 ratings
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Six Sigma for Dummies
Six Sigma for Dummies 3.61 avg rating — 342 ratings
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Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 44,233 ratings
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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement 4.08 avg rating — 81,112 ratings
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The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer
The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer 4.08 avg rating — 11,148 ratings
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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business 4.13 avg rating — 549,182 ratings
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The Undiscovered Self
The Undiscovered Self
by: C.G. Jung
4.14 avg rating — 12,362 ratings
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Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience
Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience 3.99 avg rating — 6,635 ratings
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Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster
Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster 4.10 avg rating — 8,169 ratings
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UX for Lean Startups: Faster, Smarter User Experience Research and Design
UX for Lean Startups: Faster, Smarter User Experience Research and Design 4.10 avg rating — 2,091 ratings
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The Lean Entrepreneur: How Visionaries Create Products, Innovate with New Ventures, and Disrupt Markets
The Lean Entrepreneur: How Visionaries Create Products, Innovate with New Ventures, and Disrupt Markets 4.11 avg rating — 1,936 ratings
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The Lean Product Playbook: How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback
The Lean Product Playbook: How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback
by: Dan Olsen
4.27 avg rating — 3,501 ratings
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Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale
Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale 4.24 avg rating — 1,542 ratings
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The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook: A Quick Reference Guide to 100 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed
The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook: A Quick Reference Guide to 100 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed 3.95 avg rating — 1,128 ratings
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The Innovator's Method: Bringing the Lean Start-up into Your Organization
The Innovator's Method: Bringing the Lean Start-up into Your Organization 4.12 avg rating — 693 ratings
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The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership: Achieving and Sustaining Excellence Through Leadership Development
The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership: Achieving and Sustaining Excellence Through Leadership Development 4.08 avg rating — 1,125 ratings
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The Spirit of Kaizen: Creating Lasting Excellence One Small Step at a Time
The Spirit of Kaizen: Creating Lasting Excellence One Small Step at a Time 4.08 avg rating — 1,093 ratings
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Kaizen and the Art of Creative Thinking
Kaizen and the Art of Creative Thinking 4.03 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Lean Mastery Collection: 8 Manuscripts - Lean Six Sigma, Lean Startup, Lean Enterprise, Lean Analytics, Agile Project Management, Kanban, Scrum, Kaizen
Lean Mastery Collection: 8 Manuscripts - Lean Six Sigma, Lean Startup, Lean Enterprise, Lean Analytics, Agile Project Management, Kanban, Scrum, Kaizen 3.39 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Creating a Kaizen Culture: Align the Organization, Achieve Breakthrough Results, and Sustain the Gains
Creating a Kaizen Culture: Align the Organization, Achieve Breakthrough Results, and Sustain the Gains 3.91 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Kaizen Express: Fundamentals for Your Lean Journey
Kaizen Express: Fundamentals for Your Lean Journey 3.91 avg rating — 35 ratings
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The Kaizen Pocket Handbook
The Kaizen Pocket Handbook 3.92 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Kaizen: How To Master Continuous Improvement And Transform Your Life One Step At A Time
Kaizen: How To Master Continuous Improvement And Transform Your Life One Step At A Time 3.75 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Collaborating for Change: Gemba Kaizen
Collaborating for Change: Gemba Kaizen 4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings
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How to Set Goals with Kaizen & Ikigai: Focus, Cure Procrastination, & Increase Personal Productivity.
How to Set Goals with Kaizen & Ikigai: Focus, Cure Procrastination, & Increase Personal Productivity. 4.15 avg rating — 191 ratings
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Office Kaizen: Transforming Office Operations into a Strategic Competitive Advantage
Office Kaizen: Transforming Office Operations into a Strategic Competitive Advantage 3.19 avg rating — 47 ratings
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The Kaizen Event Planner: Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office, Service, and Technical Environments
The Kaizen Event Planner: Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office, Service, and Technical Environments 3.90 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Toyota Kaizen Methods: Six Steps to Improvement
Toyota Kaizen Methods: Six Steps to Improvement
by: Isao Kato
3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Success Habits: Kaizen - Improve Your Life and Become Successful by Taking One Small Step at a Time (Success, Habits, Kaizen, Motivational, Inspirational Books, Self Improvement, success mindset)
Success Habits: Kaizen - Improve Your Life and Become Successful by Taking One Small Step at a Time (Success, Habits, Kaizen, Motivational, Inspirational Books, Self Improvement, success mindset) 3.57 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Kaizen for the Shop Floor: A Zero-Waste Environment with Process Automation (The Shopfloor Series)
Kaizen for the Shop Floor: A Zero-Waste Environment with Process Automation (The Shopfloor Series) 3.97 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Living Kaizen: An Innovative, Systematic Way to Transform Your Life!
Living Kaizen: An Innovative, Systematic Way to Transform Your Life! 3.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Lean Kaizen: A Simplified Approach to Process Improvements
Lean Kaizen: A Simplified Approach to Process Improvements 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen
The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Seeing the Whole: Mapping the Extended Value Stream
Seeing the Whole: Mapping the Extended Value Stream 4.12 avg rating — 73 ratings
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The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education
The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education 4.18 avg rating — 694 ratings
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Dr. Deming: The American Who Taught the Japanese About Quality
Dr. Deming: The American Who Taught the Japanese About Quality 4.10 avg rating — 155 ratings