We have searched for articles on lean that meet the following criteria: (1) research-based, not just news, (2) meet a certain standard of quality and (3) are relevant or advance the knowledge base in some way. We do not discard articles based on the content itself, but allow you to make your own decisions on whether or not you agree with the author. If you have a suggested article that you would like linked, please contact us. We are willing to load content that is not currently available on the web but require a file in PDF format, it must be a published piece and we need a written copyright waiver giving us permission to post the file. Please enjoy this thorough but not yet complete periodicals section of The Lean Library.

• Ambiguity and Workarounds as Contributors to Medical Error, by Steven Spear and Mark Schmidhofer, Annals of Internal Medica, April 2005 – LINK
• [$] Another Look at How Toyota Integrates Product Development by Duward Sobek, Jeffrey Liker, Allen Ward, Harvard Business Review, July 1998 – LINK
• Beyond Lean: Building Sustainable Business and People Success through New Ways of Thinking by Jamie Flinchbaugh, Center for Quality Management Journal, Winter 2001 – LINK
• [$] – Beyond Toyota: How to Root Out Waste and Pursue Perfection by James Womack, Daniel Jones, Harvard Business Review, September 1996 – LINK
• Building a Vigorous Working Culture, Robert W. Hall, Target Magazine, Third Issue 2005 – LINK
• The Case for Lean Culture, David Mann, Target Magazine, Volume 19, Number 4, 2003 – LINK
• [$] Controlling Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing by Frederick Abernathy, John Dunlop, Janice Hammond and David Weil, Harvard Business Review, November 2000 – LINK
• [$] Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System by Steven Spear, H. Kent Bowen, Harvard Business Review, September 1999 – LINK
• A Decomposition Approach for Manufacturing System Design by Cochran, Arinez, Duda, Linck, CIRP – Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2001 – LINK
• The Extraordinary Vision of Henry Ford by Jamie Flinchbaugh and Tom Jackson, Assembly Magazine, May 2003 – LINK
• [$] From Lean Production to the Lean Enterprise, James Womack and Daniel Jones, Harvard Business Review, March 1994 – LINK
• Heijunka: Leveling Production by Daniel Jones, Manufacturing Engineering, August 2006 – LINK
• How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers, Sarah Johnston with Steven Spear, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge, November 2001 – LINK
• Implementing the Principles of the Toyota Development System – Myths and Realities, Michael Kennedy, Target Magazine, First Issue 2005 – LINK
• Leadership and the Lean Transformation by George Koenigsaeker, Manufacturing Engineering, November 2005 – LINK
• Lean Accounting: What’s It All About?, Brian Maskell and Bruce Baggaley, Target Magazine, First Issues 2006 – LINK
• Lean Attitude, by Michael Balle, IIE Manufacturing Engineer, April / May 2005 – LINK
• [$] Lean Consumption by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones, Harvard Business Review, March 2005 – LINK
• Lean Machines by Austin Weber, Assembly Magazine, May 2003 – LINK
• [$] Lean Production in an International Supply Chain, by David Levy, Sloan Management Review, Winder 1997 – LINK
• The Lean Side of Automation by Austin Weber, Assembly Magazine, January 2004 – LINK
• “Lean” and the Toyota Production System by Robert Hall, Target Magazine, Volume 20, No 3, 2004 – LINK
• [$] Learning to Lead at Toyota by Steven Spear, Harvard Business Review, May 2004 – LINK
• [$] The Limits of “Lean”, by Michael Cusumano, Sloan Management Review, Summer 1994 – LINK
• Manufacturing System Design of Automotive Bumper Manufacturing by Cochran, Linck, Won, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2001 – LINK
• Ohno’s Method, Jinichiro Nakane and Robert Hall, Target Magazine, Volume 18, Number 1, 2002 – LINK
• Origins of Lean Management in America by M.L. Emiliani, Journal of Management History, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2006 – LINK
• The Production System Design and Deployment Framework by DS Cochran, SAE Technical Paper, 1999 – LINK
• Rationalizing the Design of the Toyota Production System: A Comparison of Two Approaches by J Won, D Cochran, HT Johnson, S Bouzekouk, B Marsha, International CIRP Design Seminar Proceedings, 2001 – LINK
• [$] Read a Plant – Fast by R. Eugene Goodson, Harvard Business Review, May 2002 – LINK
• The Root of Lean, Jim Huntzinger, Target Magazine, Second Quarter, 2002 – LINK
• Strategy Deployment: Linking Lean to Business Strategy by George Koenigsaecker, Manufacturing Engineering, March 2006 – LINK
• Supporting Small Businesses in Their Transition to Lean Production by M.L. Emiliani, Supply Chain Management, Volume 5, No. 2 2000 – LINK
• Using Integrated Management Systems to Design a Lean Factory by Jamie Flinchbaugh, Center for Quality Management Journal, Winter 1998 – LINK
• Value Stream Mapping by James Womack, Manufacturing Engineering, May 2006 – LINK
• Work Lean to Control Costs by H. Thomas Johnson, Manufacturing Engineering, December 2005 – LINK