The Lean Toolbox 4th Edition, the Essential Guide to Lean Transformation' is written for practitioners and for students. The book is now prescribed by APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society) for their international CPIM exams.

The book has sections on The Philosophy of Lean, Value and Waste, Transformation Frameworks, Deployment, Preparing for Flow, Mapping, Layout and Cell Design, Scheduling, TOC, Quality, Improvement, Managing Change, Sustainability, New Product Development, The Lean Supply Chain, and Accounting and Measurement.