The Machine That Changed the World
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The Machine That Changed the World
| Full title | The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production |
|---|---|
| Author | James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones and Daniel Roos |
| Published | 1990 |
| Pages | 323 |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Womack, Jones and Roos’s MIT study that introduced the term “lean production” and explained, with numbers, why Toyota’s system beat Detroit’s. |
Where I heard about it
- A crowd-sourced X thread — in the replies to @WillManidis asking “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” (the thread, June 2025).
- On Mustafa (@oprydai)‘s X list of books “that’ll teach you building vertically integrated companies”, September 30, 2026 — sixteen covers on manufacturing, operations and industrial history. Captured on books, that’ll teach you building… (tweet).
Connections
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Manufacturing
- Company Building
- books, that’ll teach you building… (tweet) — on Mustafa’s list of books for building vertically integrated companies.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.