Toyota doesn't just produce cars; it produces talented people. In the international bestseller, The Toyota Way, Jeffrey Liker explained Toyota's remarkable success through a 4P model for excellence-Ph
What is Lean?Pure and simple, lean is reducing the time from customer order to manufacturing by eliminating non-value-added waste in the production stream. The ideal of a lean system is one-piece flow
This title offers a lean blueprint for creating long-term sustainability the Toyota way! During Toyota's highly publicized recalls of 2009 and 2010, the legendary carmaker's 60-year-old reputation for
In the tradition of Taoist philosophers and Zen masters, Steve Hoeft tells the stories he learned from his Toyota Production System (TPS) master teachers. Sometimes enigmatic, sometimes funny, but alw
The ability to bring new and innovative products to market rapidly is the prime critical competence for any successful consumer-driven company. All industries, especially automotive, are slashing prod
From two of the world’s top Lean experts—how world class companies are using Lean product development to drive innovation and how YOU can do the same Designing the Future explains how world-class
The Missing Link to Toyota-Style Success—LEAN LEADERSHIP Winner of the 2012 Shingo Research and Professional Publications Award “This great book reveals the secret ingredient to lean success: lean lea
The Secretes of Toyota’s application of the Toyota Production System in Sales and Marketing is revealed.This book highlights the adaptation of Lean manufacturing principles to a sales organization. It
Over the last two decades, Japanese firms have challenged U.S. dominance in many manufacturing industries. This challenge has increasingly come in the form of transplant operations, and recognition h
