The Toyota Way

Professor Jeffrey Liker studied Toyota for twenty years and reveals 14 fundamental Lean management principles in this book.

Toyota's Lean production system started a global revolution. Professor Jeffrey Liker studied Toyota for twenty years and wrote this book about it. Liker reveals the 14 fundamental management principles behind the world famous car manufacturer and the Lean Production System. Liker goes beyond the production system and describes these 14 principles in four main categories:

1. (long-term) philosophy
2. process
3. people and partners
4. troubleshooting

Each of the fourteen principles is explained using examples and anecdotes by (often Western) Toyota managers and (for even better understanding) contrasted with the situation in non-Lean organisations. Moreover, Liker always makes the translation to other than production environments.

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