The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer by Jeffrey K. Liker
In factories around the globe, Toyota persistently makes the highest-high quality automobiles with the fewest defects of any competing manufacturer, while using fewer man-hours, much less on-hand inventory, and half the floor house of its competitors. The Toyota Method is the first book for a normal audience that explains the administration rules and enterprise philosophy behind Toyota's worldwide reputation for high quality and reliability.
Complete with profiles of organizations which have successfully adopted Toyota's principles, this guide reveals managers in every business methods to enhance enterprise processes by:
·Eliminating wasted time and sources
·Constructing quality into office methods
·Finding low-value however reliable alternatives to costly new expertise
·Producing in small quantities
·Turning each employee into a qualitycontrol inspector
Fewer man-hours. Much less inventory. The very best high quality vehicles with the fewest defects of any competing manufacturer. In factories across the globe, Toyota constantly raises the bar for manufacturing, product development, and process excellence. The result's an amazing business success story: steadily taking market share from worth-chopping opponents, earning way more profit than any other automaker, and profitable the reward of enterprise leaders worldwide.
The Toyota Method reveals the management principles behind Toyota's worldwide fame for quality and reliability. Dr. Jeffrey Liker, a famend authority on Toyota's Lean methods, explains how you can adopt these rules--often called the "Toyota Manufacturing System" or "Lean Production"--to improve the speed of your enterprise processes, improve product and service quality, and reduce prices, it doesn't matter what your industry.
Drawing on his in depth analysis on Toyota, Dr. Liker shares his insights into the foundational ideas at work in the Toyota culture. He explains how the Toyota Production System advanced as a brand new paradigm of manufacturing excellence, reworking companies across industries. You'll find out how Toyota fosters worker involvement in any respect levels, uncover the difference between conventional process enchancment and Toyota's Lean enchancment, and study why firms often suppose they're Lean--but aren't.
The fourteen management ideas of the Toyota Manner create the ideal environment for implementing Lean methods and tools. Dr. Liker explains each key principle with detailed, examples from Toyota and different Lean firms on how you can:
· Foster an environment of continuous enchancment and studying
· Create steady process "flow" to unearth issues
· Satisfy prospects (and eradicate waste at the same time)
· Develop your leaders fairly than buy them
· Get high quality right the primary time
· Grow together along with your suppliers and companions for mutual benefit
Dr. Liker reveals the Toyota Way in action, then outlines tips on how to apply the Toyota Approach in your group, with examples of how other companies have rebuilt their culture to create a Lean, studying enterprise. The Toyota Method is an inspiring information to taking the steps necessary to emulate Toyota's outstanding success.
