Would there be any other similar recommendations to Deming's books? I would think that Eliyahu M. Goldratt's books sound similar (specifically, the "Theory of Constraints," alternatively presented through a fictional story in "The Goal").
The content of that book isn't directly applicable to e.g. software companies but if you think a bit you can see quite a lot of analogous situations (e.g. warehoused inventory is incomplete projects or not-yet-shipped code, "monuments" could be inappropriate central test / build systems, etc).
Ward's Lean Product and Process Development is also a good take on those ideas.