So many books have been written on "lean manufacturing" that laymen and practitioners tend to think of lean as a factory practice. This book recognizes and explores that lean is only fully realized as a framework for a total enterprise strategy. The author effectively outlines the power of hoshin kanri, or strategy deployment, and then gives the reader specific tools and approaches to implement. The book includes a short but relevant foreword by Jim Womack.

Reviewed by Lean Enterprise Member:
Mark P. Johnson
Vice President, Operations
Physio-Control, a Division of Medtronic