The Lean Machine: How Harley-Davidson Drove Top-Line Growth and Profitability with Revolutionary Lean Product Development (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780814432884)

In this insider guide, former Harley-Davidson executive Dantar Oosterwal offers an exclusive look at how Harley-Davidson was able to adapt in an ever-changing world to stay on top and stay in existence.

From near-extinction in the early eighties, Harley-Davidson rose to worldwide recognition and is still today one of the great, iconic American motorcycle brands. In this insider guide, former Harley-Davidson executive Dantar Oosterwal offers an exclusive look at how Harley-Davidson was able to adapt in an ever-changing world to stay on top and stay in existence

In The Lean Machine, you will learn about their secret weapon and go-to formula for outstanding success as well as:

• the day-to-day transformation at Harley-Davidson
• their adapted Knowledge-Based Product Development
• identifies universal change and improvement issues so that any company can incorporate this

Rooted in Japanese productivity improvement techniques, the Knowledge-Based Product Development method helped Harley realize an unprecedented fourfold increase in throughput in half the time--powering annual growth of more than ten percent.

The Lean Machine is part business journal, part analysis, and part step-by-step toolkit that will help companies in all industries achieve predictably excellent results.

Author: Dantar P. Oosterwal
ISBN-10: 0814432883
ISBN-13: 9780814432884
Publisher: Amacom
Language: English
Published: 01/13/2010
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d