The Bible of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World? Not yet...

The basic operating manual of Japan Inc? Very likely.

This section provides some very valuable insights from Henry Ford's My Life and Work. It is my understanding, both from the book's age and from correspondence with the publisher during the preparation of Henry Ford's Lean Vision, that My Life and Work is in the public domain.

• The basic concepts of lean manufacturing and lean enterprise
• Basic job design principles and the concept behind the work cell
• The true origin of just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing
• Design for Manufacture (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA)
• Labor relations and lean manufacturing. The employer must share the rewards of lean implementation with the workforce to gain buy-in and enthusiastic cooperation. Labor must, in turn, make it possible for the employer to pay high wages.