Kyle Harrison
to-read
The Machine That Changed the World
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
- Once
Why it’s on the list: The MIT study that introduced the term “lean production” and explained, with numbers, why Toyota’s system beat Detroit’s.
Where I saw it: A reply to @WillManidis’s question on X, June 2, 2025 — “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” — recovered from that thread and saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Thread: https://x.com/willmanidis/status/1929527399718269081
Connections
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Manufacturing
- Company Building