This edition of "Lean Thinking" is an update of the 1996 book by these authors. Womack and Jones do an excellent job of capturing the essence of lean business processes, and more importantly, the essence of how to implement lean practices. The book is full of anecdotal evidence of the power of lean thinking and is well organized to present the material to even those readers who may not be familiar with lean concepts. The historical information regarding the evolution of lean thinking is compr