Industry and Operations Resources

White papers:

AEA Board of Directors, (2004), Offshore Outsourcing in an Increasingly Competitive and Rapidly Changing World - A Hight Tech Perspective, American Electronics Association
http://www.aeanet.org/Publications/id_OffshoreOutsourcingMain.asp



Suggested reading:

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Grichnik, Kaj, Conrad Winkler and Jeffrey Rothfelder. Make or Break - How Manufacturers Can Leap from Decline to Revitalization. Booz Allen Hamilton, 2008

Liker, Jeffrey K. & Meier, David P., Toyota Talent, New York, McGraw-Hill, 2007

Dennis, Pascal, Andy & Me - Crisis and Transformation on the Lean Journey, New York, Productivity Press, 2005

Liker, Jeffrey K., The Toyota Way - 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer, New York, McGraw-Hill, 2004

Cunningham, J.E. & Fiume, O.J., Real Numbers - Management Accounting in a Lean Organization, Durham, N.C., Managing Times Press, 2003

Miller,W.B. & Schenk, V. L., All I Need To Know About Manufacturing I Learned In Joe's Garage, New York, Bayrock Press, 2001

Womack, J.P. & Jones, D.T., Lean Thinking. New York: Simon and Shuster, 1996



Web site links:

Executive Leadership Exchange - CEO coaching, peer group mentoring, leadership training and information exchange
www.excellceo.com

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March 2008 - CEO Refresher - We're Going Lean, Where's The Payoff!                                                                                         Lean manufacturing, Lean operations, Lean administration, Lean accounting.  It seems that everywhere you turn, Lean is permeating American industry.  According to a recent Industry Week survey, 70% of all manufacturing plants in the US are implementing Lean.  Yet, the same article says, "The jury is still out on exactly what the end result of the Lean initiative should be."