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Lean Production Simplified: A Plain Language Guide To The World's Most Powerful Production System is a resource manual that offers a comprehensive coverage of Toyota’s Lean Manufacturing System. Summary Of The Book In Lean Production Simplified: A Plain Language Guide To The World’s Most Powerful Production System, author Denis Pascal offers readers an insider’s view behind the success of the lean manufacturing system. Written by a practitioner for the practitioner, this text offers readers a comprehensive view of the entire system, as well as the factors that help it operate. The book examines the underlying principles and origins of the lean system. It also looks at the goals and problems that the lean system is designed to tackle. The author has also presented activities which support learning, such as suggestion systems, problem solving, and kaizen circles. In this second edition, readers can expect to find an expansion on various improvements in the lean system. Some of the newer topics included in this edition are Value Stream Thinking, Hoshin Planning, and the Five Why Method. Lean Production Simplified: A Plain Language Guide To The World’s Most Powerful Production System is organized into 9 chapters, and few of the chapters are Standardized Work, The Culture of Lean Production, and Just-In-Time. It begins with an introduction to how the lean system came into existence, and proceeds to its impact in the manufacturing sector. The book includes a broad view of the lean manufacturing system used by Toyota. The book has won the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award. The author has presented the information in a straightforward and sensible manner. This book is an essential resource for every operator. About Pascal Dennis Denis Pascal is an author and professional engineer. He has authored other books such as Andy & Me: Crisis and Transformation on the Lean Journey, The Remedy: Bringing Lean Thinking Out of the Factory to Transform the Entire Organization, and Getting The Right Things Done - A Leader’s Guide To Planning and Execution. Pascal acquired his experience with the lean system while working for Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Canada and with lean experts in Japan and the United States. He has been involved in various leadership roles. He has implemented the lean system in many international companies across various sectors. Many of his books have won the Shingo Research Prize. Currently, Pascal is responsible for helping companies implement the lean system via Lean Pathways Inc.