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The Toyota Way, Second Edition: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer, 2nd Edition
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The Toyota Way, Second Edition: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer, 2nd Edition

by Jeffrey K. Liker
October 2020
Intermediate to advanced
352 pages
13h 7m
English
McGraw-Hill
Audiobook available
Content preview from The Toyota Way, Second Edition: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer, 2nd Edition

 Principle 5  

Work to Establish Standardized Processes as the Foundation for Continuous Improvement

Standard work sheets and the information contained in them are important elements of the Toyota Production System. For a production person to be able to write a standard work sheet that other workers can understand, he or she must be convinced of its importance. . . . High production efficiency has been maintained by preventing the recurrence of defective products, operational mistakes, and accidents, and by incorporating workers’ ideas. All of this is possible because of the inconspicuous standardized work sheet.

—Taiichi Ohno

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