Lean Lexicon.pdf

Lexicon

a graphical glossary

for LeanThinkers

Fourth Edition

Compiled by the Lean Enterprise Institute

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Lean Lexicon

a graphical glossary

for Lean Thinkers

Compiled by the Lean Enterprise Institute

Edited by Chet Marchwinski, John Shook, and Alexis Schroeder

Foreword by Jose Ferro, Dan Jones, and Jim Womack

The Lean Enterprise Institute

Cambridge, MA, USA

lean.org

Fourth Edition, Version 4.0

March 2008

With gratitude to Michael Brassard, Pascal Dennis, Dave Logozzo,

Robert Martichenko, Rachel Regan, Thomas Skehan, Art Smalley,

Durward Sobek, Tonya Vinas, Jim Womack, and Helen Zak for their

close review of the manuscript. The root cause of all remaining errors

resides with the LEI editors.

One Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA

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ISBN 0-9667843-6-7

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Fourth Edition, Version 4.0, March 2008

Contents

Foreword

by Jose Ferro, Dan Jones, and Jim Womack

Introduction

by Chet Marchwinski and John Shook

Lean Terms: A to Z

Appendix A: Value-Stream Mapping Icons

Appendix B: Lean Acronyms

Appendix C: Lean Japanese and German Terms

Appendix D: Pronunciation Guide to Japanese Words

Appendix E: Cited Works