Synopsis
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'This book will give you an understanding of what has
made Toyota successful and some practical ideas that you can use
to develop your own approach to business' - Gary Convis, Managing
Office of Toyota. Fewer man-hours. Less inventory. The highest
quality cars with the fewest defects of any competing
manufacturer. In factories around the globe, Toyota consistently
raises the bar for manufacturing, product development, and
process excellence. The result is an amazing business success
story: steadily taking market share from price-cutting
competitors, earning far more profit than any other automaker,
and winning the praise of business leaders worldwide."The Toyota
Way" reveals the management principles behind Toyota's worldwide
reputation for quality and reliability. Dr. Jeffrey Liker, a
renowned authority on Toyota's Lean methods, explains how you can
adopt these principles - known as the 'Toyota Production System'
or 'Lean Production' - to improve the speed of your business
processes, improve product and service quality, and cut costs, no
matter what your industry.Drawing on his extensive research on
Toyota, Dr.Liker shares his ins into the foundational
principles at work in the Toyota culture.
He explains how the Toyota Production System evolved as a new
paradigm of manufacturing excellence, transforming businesses
across industries. You'll learn how Toyota fosters employee
involvement at all levels, discover the difference between
traditional process improvement and Toyota's Lean improvement,
and learn why companies often think they are Lean-but aren't. The
fourteen management principles of the "Toyota Way" create the
ideal environment for implementing Lean techniques and tools.Dr.
Liker explains each key principle with detailed, examples from
Toyota and other Lean companies on how to: foster an atmosphere
of continuous improvement and learning; create continuous process
'flow' to unearth problems; satisfy customers (and eliminate
waste at the same time); grow your leaders rather than purchase
them; get quality right the first time; and grow together with
your suppliers and partners for mutual benefit.Dr.Liker shows the
Toyota Way in action, then outlines how to apply the "Toyota Way"
in your organization, with examples of how other companies have
rebuilt their culture to create a Lean, learning enterprise.
"The Toyota Way" is an inspiring guide to taking the steps
necessary to emulate Toyota's remarkable success. What can your
business learn from Toyota? How to double or triple the speed of
any business process? How to build quality into workplace
systems? How to eliminate the huge costs of hidden waste? How to
turn every employee into a quality control inspector? How to
dramatically improve your products and services! With a market
capitalization greater than the value of General Motors, Ford,
and Chrysler combined, Toyota is also, (by far), the world's most
profitable automaker.Toyota's secret weapon is Lean production -
the revolutionary approach to business processes that it invented
in the 1950's and has spent decades perfecting. Today businesses
around the world are implementing Toyota's radical system for
speeding up processes, reducing waste, and improving quality.
"The Toyota Way", explains Toyota's unique approach to lean - the
14 management principles and philosophy that drive Toyota's
quality and efficiency-obsessed culture. You'll gain valuable
ins that can be applied to any organization and any business
process, whether in services or manufacturing.Professor Jeffrey
Liker has been studying Toyota for twenty years, and was given
unprecedented access to Toyota executives, employees and
factories, both in Japan and the United States, for this landmark
work.
The book is full of examples of the 14 fundamental principles at
work in the Toyota culture, and how these principles create a
culture of continuous learning and improvement. You'll discover
how the right combination of long-term philosophy, process,
people, and problem solving can transform your organization into
a Lean, learning enterprise - the Toyota Way.
From the Back Cover
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"This book will give you an understanding of what has made Toyota
successful and some practical ideas that you can use to develop
your own approach to business."--Gary Convis, Managing Office of
Toyota
Fewer man-hours. Less inventory. The highest quality cars with
the fewest defects of any competing manufacturer. In factories
around the globe, Toyota consistently raises the bar for
manufacturing, product development, and process excellence. The
result is an amazing business success story: steadily taking
market share from price-cutting competitors, earning far more
profit than any other automaker, and winning the praise of
business leaders worldwide.
The Toyota Way reveals the management principles behind Toyota's
worldwide reputation for quality and reliability. Dr. Jeffrey
Liker, a renowned authority on Toyota's Lean methods, explains
how you can adopt these principles--known as the "Toyota
Production System" or "Lean Production"--to improve the speed of
your business processes, improve product and service quality, and
cut costs, no matter what your industry.
Drawing on his extensive research on Toyota, Dr. Liker shares
his ins into the foundational principles at work in the
Toyota culture. He explains how the Toyota Production System
evolved as a new paradigm of manufacturing excellence,
transforming businesses across industries. You'll learn how
Toyota fosters employee involvement at all levels, discover the
difference between traditional process improvement and Toyota's
Lean improvement, and learn why companies often think they are
Lean--but aren't.
The fourteen management principles of the Toyota Way create the
ideal environment for implementing Lean techniques and tools. Dr.
Liker explains each key principle with detailed, examples from
Toyota and other Lean companies on how to:
* Foster an atmosphere of continuous improvement and learning
* Create continuous process "flow" to unearth problems
* Satisfy customers (and eliminate waste at the same time)
* Grow your leaders rather than purchase them
* Get quality right the first time
* Grow together with your suppliers and partners for mutual
benefit
Dr. Liker shows the Toyota Way in action, then outlines how to
apply the Toyota Way in your organization, with examples of how
other companies have rebuilt their culture to create a Lean,
learning enterprise. The Toyota Way is an inspiring guide to
taking the steps necessary to emulate Toyota's remarkable
success.
What can your business learn from Toyota?
* How to double or triple the speed of any business process
* How to build quality into workplace systems
* How to eliminate the huge costs of hidden waste
* How to turn every employee into a quality control inspector
* How to dramatically improve your products and services!
With a market capitalization greater than the value of General
Motors, Ford, and Chrysler combined, Toyota is also, (by far),
the world's most profitable automaker. Toyota's secret weapon is
Lean production--the revolutionary approach to business processes
that it invented in the 1950's and has spent decades perfecting.
Today businesses around the world are implementing Toyota's
radical system for speeding up processes, reducing waste, and
improving quality.
The Toyota Way, explain's Toyota's unique approach to Lean--the
14 management principles and philosophy that drive Toyota's
quality and efficiency-obsessed culture. You'll gain valuable
ins that can be applied to any organization and any business
process, whether in services or manufacturing. Professor Jeffrey
Liker has been studying Toyota for twenty years, and was given
unprecedented access to Toyota executives, employees and
factories, both in Japan and the United States, for this landmark
work. The book is full of examples of the 14 fundamental
principles at work in the Toyota culture, and how these
principles create a culture of continuous learning and
improvement. You'll discover how the right combination of
long-term philosophy, process, people, and problem solving can
transform your organization into a Lean, learning enterprise--the
Toyota Way.
