Preface: from lean producation to lean enterprise -- pt.1. Lean principles -- Introduction: lean thinking versus muda -- Value -- The value stream -- Flow -- Pull -- Perfection -- pt.2. From thinking to action: the lean leap -- The simple case -- A harder case -- The acid test -- Lean thinking versus German technik -- Mighty Toyota, tiny showa -- An action plan -- pt.3. Lean enterprise -- A channel for the stream, a valley for the channel -- Dreaming about perfection - - Afterword: the lean network -- Appendix: individuals and organizations who helped -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index.