ABSTRACT

Second Edition of a Shingo Prize Winner Based on the author's personal experience with Toyota‘s master teachers and with companies in the midst of great change, Andy and Me: Crisis and Transformation on the Lean Journey, now in its second edition, is a business novel set in a failing New Jersey auto plant focusing on the tribulations of Tom Pappas,

chapter 1|8 pages

“We’ll Have to Close Some Plants.”

chapter 2|4 pages

Looking for Mr. Saito

chapter 3|4 pages

Finding a Sensei

chapter 4|10 pages

Sincere Mind

chapter 5|4 pages

Henry Ford’s Vision

chapter 6|6 pages

Walking the Plant

chapter 7|8 pages

Continuing the Tour

chapter 8|12 pages

Needs More Work

chapter 9|8 pages

Understanding Zone Control

chapter 10|4 pages

Time Out at the Blue Giraffe

chapter 11|14 pages

Making Our Video

chapter 12|4 pages

Kickoff

chapter 13|4 pages

Big Heart

chapter 14|8 pages

The Money Board

chapter 15|6 pages

A Night in Astoria

chapter 16|12 pages

Visual Management

chapter 17|6 pages

The River and the Rocks

chapter 18|6 pages

People Make the Difference

chapter 19|8 pages

“No Problem” Is a Problem

chapter 20|8 pages

Developing Early Warning Systems

chapter 21|4 pages

The Valley of Darkness

chapter 22|6 pages

Learning about the Help Line

chapter 23|8 pages

The Efficiency of Pull Systems

chapter 24|4 pages

Stupid Meanness

chapter 26|6 pages

Grapefruit Moon