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Kaikaku - The Power and Magic of Lean: A Study in Knowledge Transfer
Lean is an all out war against waste of both manu-facturing inefficiencies and underutilization of people.
The Power and Magic of Lean is to discover those hidden treasures within your company: to find and eliminate all of the non-value adding wastes and to bring out the infinite creative capacity from every single worker.
“Norman Bodek played the key role in the spread of lean techniques around the world. In this wonderful book, he tells how it all happened. Along the way, he weaves in lessons derived from his interaction with the original developers of lean production ideas. I couldn't put it down.” – Professor Alan G. Robinson, Co-author of Ideas Are Free and Corporate Creativity
Shingo Prize Winner
“Your manuscript came in on Saturday morning and I have had the pleasure of reviewing it over the weekend. I am enjoying the stories, the humor and the educational flavor that dominates the book. Also, I better appreciate your greatness as a thinker, a leader and as a human being.” – Don Dewar, President QCI-International
“I want to say that, over the past decade and half, I have watched the growth of the TPS/lean movement you started, and the tremendous bene-fits it has brought to U. S. industry and the returns to the nation in terms of growth and competitiveness. I recognize the vital and seminal role you played in transferring the basic concepts and techniques of TPS /lean to this country. You are the founding father of today’s revolution in manufacturing in the United States, and the country owes you a debt of gratitude for it. Knowing that, one day, these transfers will be recog-nized as historic in nature, and I am honored to have been associated with you during the key period.” – Carol Ann Meares
“I just finished your book and the only thing I can think of to say is - WOW!!!! The story of your travels and learning’s a great framework for what I think is the most easily to understand description of "lean" (con-cepts). I earmarked some parts to read over again.” - Chuck Yorke, Manager, Organizational Development, Technicolor Corporation
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“The book is just great. The style is almost conversational and your sin-cerity and enthusiasm shine through every paragraph. The stories are fascinating.” - T.V. Suresh, President, Tao Consulting , Chenai, India
"As the Toyota system transitioned into a lean movement in North America, Norm Bodek was in the front row observing the translation. He met the leading figures of TPS and worked with them, as well as with Americans, and he cap-tured a wide-angle picture of what actually took place. Since lean continues to be counterintuitive to conventional business thought, he also has an interesting take on where it might lead." - Robert W. Hall, Editor-in-Chief, Target, Association for Manufacturing Excellence
Your latest work is very fascinating. You introduced Japanese Manage-ment techniques to the United States in the 1980’s before anybody else. Also you brought Japanese professors to hold seminars while consulting the American corporations. It would not be an exaggeration to say that your ability and effort made it possible for an effective Japanese man-agement to stay in the culture of American Corporations. I have a very warm respect towards your grace of integrity. - Dr. Ryuji Fukuda, Fukuda
The Power and Magic of Lean is to discover those hidden treasures within your company: to find and eliminate all of the non-value adding wastes and to bring out the infinite creative capacity from every single worker.
“Norman Bodek played the key role in the spread of lean techniques around the world. In this wonderful book, he tells how it all happened. Along the way, he weaves in lessons derived from his interaction with the original developers of lean production ideas. I couldn't put it down.” – Professor Alan G. Robinson, Co-author of Ideas Are Free and Corporate Creativity
Shingo Prize Winner
“Your manuscript came in on Saturday morning and I have had the pleasure of reviewing it over the weekend. I am enjoying the stories, the humor and the educational flavor that dominates the book. Also, I better appreciate your greatness as a thinker, a leader and as a human being.” – Don Dewar, President QCI-International
“I want to say that, over the past decade and half, I have watched the growth of the TPS/lean movement you started, and the tremendous bene-fits it has brought to U. S. industry and the returns to the nation in terms of growth and competitiveness. I recognize the vital and seminal role you played in transferring the basic concepts and techniques of TPS /lean to this country. You are the founding father of today’s revolution in manufacturing in the United States, and the country owes you a debt of gratitude for it. Knowing that, one day, these transfers will be recog-nized as historic in nature, and I am honored to have been associated with you during the key period.” – Carol Ann Meares
“I just finished your book and the only thing I can think of to say is - WOW!!!! The story of your travels and learning’s a great framework for what I think is the most easily to understand description of "lean" (con-cepts). I earmarked some parts to read over again.” - Chuck Yorke, Manager, Organizational Development, Technicolor Corporation
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“The book is just great. The style is almost conversational and your sin-cerity and enthusiasm shine through every paragraph. The stories are fascinating.” - T.V. Suresh, President, Tao Consulting , Chenai, India
"As the Toyota system transitioned into a lean movement in North America, Norm Bodek was in the front row observing the translation. He met the leading figures of TPS and worked with them, as well as with Americans, and he cap-tured a wide-angle picture of what actually took place. Since lean continues to be counterintuitive to conventional business thought, he also has an interesting take on where it might lead." - Robert W. Hall, Editor-in-Chief, Target, Association for Manufacturing Excellence
Your latest work is very fascinating. You introduced Japanese Manage-ment techniques to the United States in the 1980’s before anybody else. Also you brought Japanese professors to hold seminars while consulting the American corporations. It would not be an exaggeration to say that your ability and effort made it possible for an effective Japanese man-agement to stay in the culture of American Corporations. I have a very warm respect towards your grace of integrity. - Dr. Ryuji Fukuda, Fukuda
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Published January 20, 2017
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About the author
Norman Bodek
28 books8 followersThey Always Said, “He Will Never, Ever Make it!”
In fact, if you go to my ninth grade yearbook, you will read under my name, “Norman Bodek the most likely person to get a head for he needs one!” I read only three books before I graduated from high school and yet miraculously, as I progressed through life, I was able to publish over 250 books and write seven more. I mention this to help you realize your potential - just think what you are capable of doing if someone with my weaknesses has been able to do things so far beyond his early dreams. Your only limitation is yo12urself!
It has been an amazing journey. In 1979, after 18 years working with data processing companies, I started Productivity Inc. - Press by publishing a newsletter called PRODUCTIVITY. At the time, I knew virtually nothing about the subject and had spent very little time in manufacturing facilities, but I quickly became engrossed with the subject and went to Japan to discover the processes that were making them the world leaders in quality improvement and productivity growth.
These past 36 years, I have visited Japan 85 times, visited over 250 plants and published over 100 Japanese management books in English (250 books in total), all without originally knowing a single person in Japan or speaking their language. Fortunately, serendipitously, I met many management masters in Japan and in America and discovered amazing tools, techniques and new thoughts that have revolutionized the world of manufacturing. I published the works of Dr. Shigeo Shingo, Dr. Joji Akao, Taiichi Ohno, Dr. Ryuji Fukuda, Taiichi Ohno, Seiichi Nakajima, Henry Ford, Shigeru Mizuno, Hiroyuki Hirano, and many other books on world-class manufacturing and total quality management.
Each person I met gave me a new perspective on continuous improvement. Through the books we brought to America and the West the Toyota Production System, SMED, CEDAC, quality control circles, 5S, visual factory, TPM, VSM, Kaizen Blitz, cell design, Poka-yoke, Lean accounting, Andon, Hoshin Kanri, Kanban, and Quick and Easy Kaizen.
My most powerful discovery was finding how Toyota, Canon and other Japanese companies brought out the infinite creative potential lying dormant inside every worker. When you unlock this hidden talent, people become highly motivated and actually love to come to work. One client, Gulfstream Corporation, the private jet company, where 1000 people went from coming up with 16 implemented ideas in February 2005 to over 40,000. The ideas saved the company over $10,000,000 and gave the employees a new sense of pride in their work and in their lives.
My latest discovery, the Harada Method, is a proven way for people to pick goals for personal success, create detailed career and life plans to attain those goals, daily monitor themselves, work with a coach while helping their organizations improve their performance.
Education: University of Wisconsin, New York University (BA), New York University Graduate School of Business, and New York University College of Education
Instructor: At many conferences throughout the world and adjunct professor of management at Portland State University
Observer: 2015 at TVS Motor Company in Bangalore, India.
Recipient of The Shingo Prize* for Manufacturing Excellence, received the Six Sigma Global Grand medal from ICBUPR, and inducted into Industry Week’s Manufacturing Hall of Fame. Called “Mr. Lean” in Quality Progress Magazine.
Professional Career: Public Accountant and Insurance broker, started Productivity Inc. & Productivity Press with offices in Norwalk, Connecticut and Portland, Oregon, currently president of PCS Inc.
Study missions to Japan, led around 35 missions visiting 250 manufacturing plants.
Books Published: Over 250 management books, over 100 Japanese books.
Current: Certify instructors in Harada Method
Books written: The Idea Generator - Quick and Easy Kaizen, co-authored with Bunji Tozawa
In fact, if you go to my ninth grade yearbook, you will read under my name, “Norman Bodek the most likely person to get a head for he needs one!” I read only three books before I graduated from high school and yet miraculously, as I progressed through life, I was able to publish over 250 books and write seven more. I mention this to help you realize your potential - just think what you are capable of doing if someone with my weaknesses has been able to do things so far beyond his early dreams. Your only limitation is yo12urself!
It has been an amazing journey. In 1979, after 18 years working with data processing companies, I started Productivity Inc. - Press by publishing a newsletter called PRODUCTIVITY. At the time, I knew virtually nothing about the subject and had spent very little time in manufacturing facilities, but I quickly became engrossed with the subject and went to Japan to discover the processes that were making them the world leaders in quality improvement and productivity growth.
These past 36 years, I have visited Japan 85 times, visited over 250 plants and published over 100 Japanese management books in English (250 books in total), all without originally knowing a single person in Japan or speaking their language. Fortunately, serendipitously, I met many management masters in Japan and in America and discovered amazing tools, techniques and new thoughts that have revolutionized the world of manufacturing. I published the works of Dr. Shigeo Shingo, Dr. Joji Akao, Taiichi Ohno, Dr. Ryuji Fukuda, Taiichi Ohno, Seiichi Nakajima, Henry Ford, Shigeru Mizuno, Hiroyuki Hirano, and many other books on world-class manufacturing and total quality management.
Each person I met gave me a new perspective on continuous improvement. Through the books we brought to America and the West the Toyota Production System, SMED, CEDAC, quality control circles, 5S, visual factory, TPM, VSM, Kaizen Blitz, cell design, Poka-yoke, Lean accounting, Andon, Hoshin Kanri, Kanban, and Quick and Easy Kaizen.
My most powerful discovery was finding how Toyota, Canon and other Japanese companies brought out the infinite creative potential lying dormant inside every worker. When you unlock this hidden talent, people become highly motivated and actually love to come to work. One client, Gulfstream Corporation, the private jet company, where 1000 people went from coming up with 16 implemented ideas in February 2005 to over 40,000. The ideas saved the company over $10,000,000 and gave the employees a new sense of pride in their work and in their lives.
My latest discovery, the Harada Method, is a proven way for people to pick goals for personal success, create detailed career and life plans to attain those goals, daily monitor themselves, work with a coach while helping their organizations improve their performance.
Education: University of Wisconsin, New York University (BA), New York University Graduate School of Business, and New York University College of Education
Instructor: At many conferences throughout the world and adjunct professor of management at Portland State University
Observer: 2015 at TVS Motor Company in Bangalore, India.
Recipient of The Shingo Prize* for Manufacturing Excellence, received the Six Sigma Global Grand medal from ICBUPR, and inducted into Industry Week’s Manufacturing Hall of Fame. Called “Mr. Lean” in Quality Progress Magazine.
Professional Career: Public Accountant and Insurance broker, started Productivity Inc. & Productivity Press with offices in Norwalk, Connecticut and Portland, Oregon, currently president of PCS Inc.
Study missions to Japan, led around 35 missions visiting 250 manufacturing plants.
Books Published: Over 250 management books, over 100 Japanese books.
Current: Certify instructors in Harada Method
Books written: The Idea Generator - Quick and Easy Kaizen, co-authored with Bunji Tozawa
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