The Toyota Way (EN)

The bestselling guide to Toyota's legendary philosophy and production system - updated with important new frameworks for driving innovation and quality in your business. One of the most influential business guides published in the 21st century, The Toyota Way played an outsized role in launching the continuous improvement movement that continues unabated today. Jeffrey K. Liker, a multiple Shingo Award-winner in management and operations, provides deep insight into Toyota's world-changing processes and shows how you can learn from them to develop your own improvement program to fit your circumstances.

Thanks in large part to this book, managers around the world are creating workforces and systems that produce products and services of the highest quality, achieve and maintain customer loyalty, and drive corporate profitability and sustainability.

Now Liker has thoroughly updated his classic guide with:
- Fully revised data and updated information on Toyota's approach to competitiveness in the new world of mobility and smart technology
- Illustrative examples of manufacturing and service organizations that have learned from and improved the Toyota Way.
- A fresh approach to leadership models
- The brain science and skills of learning to think scientifically

How Toyota applies Hoshin Kanri, a planning process that aligns goals at all levels and links them to business strategy. Organized into thematic chapters on the various aspects of the Toyota Way -- including philosophy, processes, people and problem solving -- this unparalleled guide describes the 14 key principles for building the foundation of a powerful improvement system and managing it for ultimate competitive advantage.

With The Toyota Way, you will have an inspiration and model for setting a course, continuous improvement and learning at all levels, continuous "flowing" of value to satisfy customers, improving your leadership and getting quality right the first time.

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