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Workbooks Reinforce Workshops
Attending workshops on  Creating Continuous Flow, Making Materials Flow, or Creating Level Pull? Read the award-winning workbooks (same name) for maximum benefit. For the Value-Stream Mapping workshop, readLearning to SeeLearn more.
Gold Mine on Employee Reading List
A general manager tells The Wall Street Journal why he and employees put The Gold Mine, LEI's novel about the people and technical aspects of a lean conversion, on their recommended reading list. See the whole list.
Mapping for Admin & Services
LEI's new training kit,Mapping to See: A Value Stream Improvement Kit for the Office and Services, is the result of four years of development and testing.
Free E-letters for Excerpts
Our twice-monthly e-letters deliver insights about lean thinking from Jim Womack and alerts on new web content, including book excerpts. Using the Home tab drop-down menu, log in and check "Allow E-letters" near the bottom of the form.
Welcome to the LEI Store

The practical knowledge your company needs to launch and sustain a lean transformation is in our product catalog.


Lean Enterprise Institute books, workbooks, and training materials - are designed to de-mystify what a sensei does so you can begin the lean conversion process or advance to the next stage. Find the right resources quickly, by scrolling through the main categories:

Lean Workbooks - Action-oriented, practical, prize-winning information organized and designed to support implementation. Workbooks show you what steps to take on Monday morning to implement lean concepts.

Lean Leadership - Thought-leading books to deepen your understanding of lean principles or provide new insights and analysis into implementation.

Lean Applications - Narrower in scope than Leadership books and sharply focused on a particular topic.

Lean Tools - Training materials, videos, value-stream mapping pads, and much more.

Lean Fundamentals - Books that trace the development of lean manufacturing or that first explained its concepts and techniques.

Lean Translations - Books and workbooks in languages other than English. Click here to see a summary of the products available.

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