Lean -asiantuntija ja projektijohtajakoulutuksen The Body of Knowledge (pääteokset)
Deming. W. Edwards. 1982. Out of the Crisis. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center fot Advanced Engineering Study. USA
Goldratt, Eliyahu M. 1990. What is this thing called Theory of Constraints and how should it be implementing?. North River Press, Inc. USA
Harry, Mikel J., Lawson, J. Ronald. 1992. Six Sigma Producibility Analysis and Process Characterization. Motorola University. USA
Hirano, Hiroyuki. 1988. Poka-Yoke Improving Product Quality by Preventing Defects. Productive Press. USA
Holland, Charles, Cochran, David. 2005. Breakthrough Business Results with MVT. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. USA
Imai, Masaaki. 1986. Kaizen The Key to Japan's Competitive Successs. Random House Business Division. USA
Juran, Joseph M., De Feo, 2010. Joseph A. Juran's Quality Handbook the Complete Guide to Performance Excellence, Sixth Edition. The McGraw-Hill Companies. USA
Pascal, Dennis. 2006. Getting the Right Things Done. The Lean Enterprise Institute. USA
Rother, Mike, Harris, Rick. 2001. Creating Continuous Flow An Action Guide for Managers, Engineers and Production Associates. The Lean Enterprise Institute. USA
Rother, Mike, Shook, John & Ferro, Jose 2003. Making Materials Flow A Lean Material-Handling Guide for Operations, Production-Control and Engineering Professionals. The Lean Enterprise Institute. USA
Rother, Mike, Shook, John. 2003. Learning to See Value-Stream Mapping to Create Value and Elimenate Muda. The Lean Enterprise Institute. USA
Rother, Mike. 2010. Toyota Kata Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results. McGraw-Hill Companies. USA
Sekine, Kenichi.1992. One-Piece Flow Cell Design for Transforming the Production Process. Productive Press. USA
Senge, M. Peter. 1990. The Fifth Discipline The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization. Doubleday a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. USA
Shimokawa, Koichi. 2009. The Birth of Lean. The Lean Enterprise Institute. USA
Shingo, Shingeo. 1985. A Revolution in Manufacturing: The SMED System. Productive Press. USA
Shingo, Shingeo. 1986. Zero Quality Control: Source Inspection and The Poka-Yoke System. Productive Press. USA
Suzuki, Tokutaro. 1994. TPM In Process Industrial. Productive Press. USA
Wheeler, Donad J., 1993. Understanding Variation the Key to Managing Chaos. SPC Press, Inc. USA
Wheeler, Donad J., Chambergs, David S. 1992. Understanding Statistical Process Control. SPC Press, Inc. USA
Wiegand, Bodo, Langmaack, Ralf & Baumgarten. 2009. Lean Maintenance System Zero Maintenance Time – Full Added Value. The Lean Management Institute. USA
Womack, James P. and Daniel T. Jones.2003. Lean thinking - Banish waste and create wealth in your corporation, Revised and updated Edition. Macmillan Publishing Company. USA
Womack, James P., Jones, Daniel T., Roos, Daniel. 1990. The Machine that Changed the World. Macmillan Publishing Company. USA