One of the better overviews of LEAN and its thinking. Even if you're no Lean-fan, you can learn a lot of manufacturing thinking from this book, as it manages to convey a lot of information in small portions, with pointers to where you may get more.

Unfortunately, it is useless if you're into services. And it is definetely not the first book on Lean you should read, as the audience is someone with some Lean knowledge that wishes to know (a lot) more.

All in all, a pretty good book, even if it is very hard to read from cover to cover. It is better used as a Lean dictionary in my view.