Introduction: bringing lean back to the U.S.A. / Jeffrey K. Liker -- Bringing the Toyota production system to the United States : a personal perspective / John Y. Shook -- Japanese education and its role in kaizen / Jennifer Yukiko Orf -- Lean manufacturing practices at small and medium-sized U.S. parts suppliers-- does it work? / Steven F. Rasch -- Transforming a plant to lean in a large, traditional company : Delphi Saginaw Steering Systems, GM / Daniel Woolson, Mike A. Husar -- Making leather leaner : the Garden State Tanning story / Sean G. Traynor -- Learning about lean systems at Freudenberg-NOK : where continuous improvement is a way of life / Joseph C. Day -- The Donnelly production system : lean at Grand Haven / Jeffrey K. Liker and Keith Allman -- Implementing lean manufacturing at Gelman Sciences, Inc. / Matthew J. Zayko, Walton M. Hancock, and Douglas J. Broughman -- Cedar Works : making the transition to lean / Bill Costantino -- Operational excellence : a manufacturing metamorphosis at Western Geophysical Exploration Products / Mark F. McGovern and Brian J. Andrews --

The successes and failures of implementing continuous improvement programs : cases of seven automotive parts suppliers / Thomas Y. Choi -- Lean production-- the challenge of multidimensional change / George Koenigsaecker -- Crossroads : which way will you turn on the road to lean? / Mike Rother -- Conclusion : what we have learned about becoming lean / Jeffrey K. Liker.