About the Authors

JAMES P. WOMACK is president and founder of the Lean Enterprise Institute (www.lean.org ), a nonprofit education and research organization based in Brookline, Massachusetts. LEI is devoted to promoting lean thinking by presenting lean knowledge in workbook formats and teaching this knowledge in a variety of venues.

DANIEL T. JONES is chairman and founder of the Lean Enterprise Academy (www.leanuk.org ), a nonprofit education and research organization based in the U.K. The Academy shares the mission of the Lean Enterprise Institute in the U.S. of raising lean consciousness and making lean knowledge available in a variety of formats.