The Toyota Way - 14 Management Principles From The World'S Greatest Manufacturer
How to speed up business processes, improve quality, and cut costs in any industry
In
factories around the world, Toyota consistently makes the
highest-quality cars with the fewest defects of any competing
manufacturer, while using fewer man-hours, less on-hand inventory, and
half the floor space of its competitors. The Toyota Way is the first
book for a general audience that explains the management principles and
business philosophy behind Toyota's worldwide reputation for quality and
reliability.
Complete with profiles of organizations that
have successfully adopted Toyota's principles, this book shows managers
in every industry how to improve business processes by:
- Eliminating wasted time and resources
- Building quality into workplace systems
- Finding low-cost but reliable alternatives to expensive new technology
- Producing in small quantities
- Turning every employee into a qualitycontrol inspector
