Links and Recommended Reading

Recommended Reading List for Lean:

• George, Michael L., et al. The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook: A Quick Reference Guide to 100 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.
• Kremer, Roger and Tom Fabrizio. The Lean Primer: Solutions for the Job Shop. Chelsea, MI:  MCS Media, Inc., 2005.
• MacInnes, Richard L. The Lean Enterprise Memory Jogger. Salem, NH:  GOAL/QPC, 2002.
  Sayer, Natalie J. and Bruce Williams. Lean for Dummies. Hoboken, NJ:  Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2007.
• The Lean Office Pocket Guide XL:  Tools for the Elimination of Waste in Administrative Areas. Chelsea, MI:  MCS Media, Inc., 2006.
  Womack, James P. and Jones, Daniel T.   Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation. New York:  Free Press, 2003.

Recommended Reading List for Six Sigma:

• Brassard, Michael, et al. The Six Sigma Memory Jogger II: A Pocket Guide of Tools for Six Sigma Improvement Teams. Salem, NH:  GOAL/QPC, 2002.
• Pyzcek, Thomas. The Six Sigma Handbook Revised and Expanded: A Complete Guide for Green Belts, Black Belts and Managers at All Levels. New York:  McGraw-Hill, 2003.
• Six Sigma Academy. The Black Belt Memory Jogger: A Pocket Guide for Six Sigma Success. Salem, NH:  GOAL/QPC, 2002.

Recommended Reading List for SCOR:

• Bolstorff, Peter and Robert Rosenbaum. Supply Chain Excellence: A Handbook for Dramatic Improvement Using the SCOR Model. New York:  AMACOM, 2007.
• Poluha, Rolf G. Application of the SCOR Model in Supply Chain Management. Cambria Press, 2007.

General:

• Brassard, Michael and Diane Ritter. The Memory Jogger II: A Pocket Guide of Tools for Continuous Improvement & Effective Planning. Salem, NH:  GOAL/QPC, 1994.
• Collins, Jim. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t. New York:  Harper Collins Publishers, 2001.

Websites/Blogs: 

The Lean Library (www.theLeanlibrary.com)
The Lean Manufacturing Resource Guide (www.Leanqad.com)
Daily Kaizen (www.dailykaizen.org)
The Lean Blog (http://kanban.blogspot.com)
Kaikau (http://kaikaku.typepad.com)
The Lean Insider (http://Leaninsider.productivitypress.com)