James P. Womack

“Pull in simplest terms means that no one upstream should produce a good or service until the customer downstream asks for it,…

— James P. Womack

“By design, flow systems have an everything-works-or-nothing-works quality which must be respected and anticipated. This means that the production team must be…

— James P. Womack

“It also seems like common sense that good production management involves keeping every employee busy and every machine fully utilized, to justify…

— James P. Womack

“It’s vital that producers accept the challenge of redefinition, because this is often the key to finding more customers, and the ability…

— James P. Womack

“An excellent spot for observing the value stream is the aisle of the supermarket, for it is here that a thousand streams…

— James P. Womack

“he has looked hard at value as defined by his customers and set off down a new path.”

— James P. Womack