十多年前,《改变世界的机器》让“精益生产方式”一词为广大读者所熟知,尤其是对于丰田汽车公司生产体制的两大支柱—准时化和自动化,从事管理的人员更是耳熟能详。《精益思想》(修订版)从某种意义上说是《改变世界的机器》的续篇,作者沃麦克和琼斯也是《改变世界的机器》的两 More than a decade ago, “the machine that changed the world” made the term “lean manufacturing” well known to readers, especially for the two pillars of Toyota Motor Corporation’s manufacturing system, which are punctualized and automated, and those who are in charge of management are more familiar . Lean Thinking (revised edition) is, in a sense, a sequel to “the machine that changes the world,” by Womack and Jones, two “machines that change the world.”