April 2009
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
5h 53m
English
Ford invented the $5 day and the moving assembly line, and Toyota became the world's premier manufacturer by revolutionizing inventory management, quality control, and problem solving in manufacturing. Brin, Page, and Schmidt broke barriers that can inhibit innovation and slow growth in large companies by acting on several fronts: people management, product conception, team organization, metrics, and monitoring. They found new ways to motivate and coordinate employees, mobilize innovative resources, and limit the complexity that hinders the rapid release of new products.