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This Week's Supply Chain Trivia - Who Coined the Term "Lean Production?"

 
 

Who Coined the Term "Lean Production?"

 
 

By SCDigest Editorial Staff

 
 

This week's Supply Chain Trivia Question, Only from SCDigest!

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Question:

Who coined the term "Lean Production?"

Answer is below.

 
     
 

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ANSWER

That's the name authors James Womack and Daniel Jones gave to the Toyota Production System in their seminal book "The Machine That Changed the World," published in 1990.

 
     
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