{"id":3323,"date":"2020-09-02T16:21:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T16:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10003\/store\/uncategorized\/gemba-walks-2nd-edition\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T23:49:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T03:49:22","slug":"gemba-walks-2nd-edition","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/store\/book\/gemba-walks-2nd-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemba Walks, 2nd Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 72 short essays ranging from the provocative to the practical, <em>Gemba Walks<\/em> author and management expert Jim Womack reflects on the past 30 years of lean, and assesses the current state of lean today. He has visited the gemba at countless companies and keenly observed how people work together to create value around the world. 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