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These are my take at the other books I suggest that Industrial Engineers should read.\u00a0 Note: This is simply my opinion. If you disagree or have a comment\u00a0email me<\/a>\u00a0and maybe I\u2019ll change my mind (and my list).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEAN\/AGILE\/TPS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022The Agile Virtual Enterprise: Cases, Metrics, Tools Buy it at Amazon.Com<\/a> A good, organized view of agility. Authored by a person who made agility his life (other books are by those casually involved).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Lean Thinking : Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation (James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones) Buy it at Amazon.Com<\/a> It is a good book, but I think it does not offer enough \u201chow-tos.\u201d It mostly talks about cool things that other companies have done, but provides few details. So, I moved it from the top ten list and placed \u201cQuick Response Manufacturing\u201d in its place. It\u2019s still a worthy read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Book Description: In their landmark book The Machine That Changed the World, James Womack and Daniel Jones, two of the top industrial analysts in the world, explained how companies can dramatically improve their performance through the \u201clean production\u201d approach pioneered by Toyota. Lean Thinking extends these ideas to provide a rallying cry for today\u2019s corporate leaders. After a decade of downsizing and reengineering, most companies in North America, Europe, and Japan are still stuck, searching for a formula for sustainable growth and success. The problem, as Womack and Jones explain in Lean Thinking, is that managers have lost sight of value for the customer and how to create it. By focusing on their existing organizations and outdated definitions of value, managers create waste, and the economies of the advanced countries continue to stagnate. What\u2019s needed instead is lean thinking to help managers clearly specify value, to line up all the value-creating activities for a specific product along a value stream, and to make value flow smoothly at the pull of the customer in pursuit of perfection. The first part of the book describes each of these concepts and makes them come alive with striking examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022A Study of the Toyota Production System from an Industrial Engineering Viewpoint (Shigeo Shingo). Order it at Amazon.Com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Toyota Production System : Beyond Large-Scale Production Order it at Amazon.Com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022The Kaizen Blitz: Accelerating Breakthroughs in Productivity and Performance Order it at Amazon.Com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u20225S for Operators: 5 Pillars of the Visual Workplace Order it at Amazon.Com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022AEROSPACE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Airframe Structural Design (Mike Niu) Currently on backorder, but have them order one anyway at Amazon.Com<\/a> Not truly IE, but I work with aerospace people and this is an excellent book on the basics!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Standard Aircraft Handbook (Larry Reithmaier) Order it at Amazon.Com<\/a> Again, not truly IE, but good companion to the previous book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HISTORY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Frederick W. Taylor : The Father of Scientific Management : Myth and Reality(Charles D. Wrege, Ronald G. Greenwood ) Buy it at Amazon.Com<\/a> It would pretty much not be a list of IE books without a least one about Frederick Taylor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Cheaper by the Dozen (Frank B., Jr. Gilbreth, Ernestine G. Carey) Hardcover. Buy it at Amazon.Com<\/a> Softcover Version. Buy it at Amazon.Com<\/a> I would probably be shot if I did not include this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FICTION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Airframe (Michael Crichton)  Buy it at Amazon.Com<\/a> Novel about life in the airframe industry. Fascinating reading!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Precipice (Daniel Pollock)  Buy it at Amazon.Com<\/a> A thrilling novel about logistics. Kind of a \u201cGoal\u201d (the number one book listed below) for logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ENTERPRISE ENGINEERING<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Enterprise Modeling and Integration : Principles and Applications (Francois Vernadat) Out of print at Amazon.com Outstanding book, I classify it as THE must read book for all people interested in this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (Peter M. Senge)  Buy it at Amazon.Com<\/a> The book on learning organizations, presents a fresh look at leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022The Agenda: What Every Business Must Do to Dominate the Decade (Michael Hammer)  Buy it at Amazon.Com<\/a> The latest book by Hammer (the originator of BPR). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

OTHER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022How to Lie With Statistics (Darrell Huff)  Buy it at Amazon.Com<\/a> I haven\u2019t actually read this one, but plan to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Core LEGO MINDSTORMS Programming: Unleash the Power of the Java Platform (Brian Bagnall) Buy it at Amazon.Com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022LEGO MINDSTORMS is the coolest thing to hit my relationship with my son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Jin Sato\u2019s LeGO Mindstorms: The Master\u2019s Technique (Jin Sato)  Buy it at Amazon.Com<\/a> LEGO mindstorms is the coolest thing to hit my relationship with my son.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These are my take at the other books I suggest that Industrial Engineers should read.\u00a0 Note: This is simply my opinion. If you disagree or have a comment\u00a0email me\u00a0and maybe I\u2019ll change my mind (and my list). LEAN\/AGILE\/TPS \u2022The Agile Virtual Enterprise: Cases, Metrics, Tools Buy it at Amazon.Com A good, organized view of agility. Authored by … <\/p>\n

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