Henry Ford’s Lean Vision

Henry Ford’s Lean Vision, Enduring Principles from the First Ford Motor Plant

Author: William A. Levinson

In Henry Ford’s Lean Vision, the author draws from Henry Ford’s writings, the procedures in his factories, and historical anecdotes about the birth of lean in Japan to show that the philosophy that revolutionized Japanese manufacturing was the same philosophy that grew the Ford Motor Company into a global powerhouse. Levinson reveals how Ford was ahead of other modern visionaries and discusses why the very ideas that made his company such a success were abandoned in his own country, and why they finally found acceptance in Japan.