Toyota Kaizen Methods

Author : Isao Kato
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439838542
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toyota Kaizen Methods written by Isao Kato and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toyota Kaizen Methods: Six Steps to Improvement focuses on the skills and techniques practiced inside Toyota Motor Corporation during the past decades. This workbook focuses on the actual training course concepts and methods used by Toyota to develop employee skill level, a core element of Toyota‘s success. It is not a book about holding Western-st

Author : Isao Kato
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439884005
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toyota Kaizen Methods written by Isao Kato and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toyota Kaizen Methods: Six Steps to Improvement focuses on the skills and techniques practiced inside Toyota Motor Corporation during the past decades. This workbook focuses on the actual training course concepts and methods used by Toyota to develop employee skill level, a core element of Toyota‘s success. It is not a book about holding Western-st

Author : Isao Kato
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439838534
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toyota Kaizen Methods written by Isao Kato and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toyota Kaizen Methods: Six Steps to Improvement focuses on the skills and techniques practiced inside Toyota Motor Corporation during the past decades. This workbook focuses on the actual training course concepts and methods used by Toyota to develop employee skill level, a core element of Toyota’s success. It is not a book about holding Western-style five-day Kaizen events, which were in reality quite rare during the development of Toyota’s production system and are virtually nonexistent today inside Toyota. Written by two of Toyota’s most revered and experienced trainers, the book — Traces the origins of Kaizen since the inception of Toyota Motor Corporation Articulates the basic six-step Kaizen improvement skills pattern taught inside Toyota Helps practitioners of Kaizen improve their own skill level and confidence by simplifying concepts and removing any mystery in the process Provides homework assignments and a wealth of forms for analyzing work processes If you take the time to study the concepts detailed here, you will be reviewing the same methods and techniques that were harnessed by generations of Toyota supervisors, managers, and engineers. These techniques are not the secret ingredient of Lean manufacturing; however, mastery of these timeless techniques will improve your ability to conduct improvement in almost any setting and generate improvement results for your organization.

Author : John Stewart
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439846057
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Toyota Kaizen Continuum written by John Stewart and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-09-28 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a recognized leader in the manufacturing industry with nearly two decades of experience working for Toyota, this book supplies a firsthand account of the realities behind implementing the Toyota Production System (TPS). The Toyota Kaizen Continuum: A Practical Guide to Implementing Lean presents authoritative insight on how to use the TP

Author : Jeffrey K. Liker
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071502114
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Toyota Way Fieldbook written by Jeffrey K. Liker and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2005-10-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Toyota Way Fieldbook is a companion to the international bestseller The Toyota Way. The Toyota Way Fieldbook builds on the philosophical aspects of Toyota's operating systems by detailing the concepts and providing practical examples for application that leaders need to bring Toyota's success-proven practices to life in any organization. The Toyota Way Fieldbook will help other companies learn from Toyota and develop systems that fit their unique cultures. The book begins with a review of the principles of the Toyota Way through the 4Ps model-Philosophy, Processes, People and Partners, and Problem Solving. Readers looking to learn from Toyota's lean systems will be provided with the inside knowledge they need to Define the companies purpose and develop a long-term philosophy Create value streams with connected flow, standardized work, and level production Build a culture to stop and fix problems Develop leaders who promote and support the system Find and develop exceptional people and partners Learn the meaning of true root cause problem solving Lead the change process and transform the total enterprise The depth of detail provided draws on the authors combined experience of coaching and supporting companies in lean transformation. Toyota experts at the Georgetown, Kentucky plant, formally trained David Meier in TPS. Combined with Jeff Liker's extensive study of Toyota and his insightful knowledge the authors have developed unique models and ideas to explain the true philosophies and principles of the Toyota Production System.

Author : Isao Kato
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781433853203
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Toyota Kaizen Methods written by Isao Kato and published by . This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Y. Monden
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461597145
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toyota Production System written by Y. Monden and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing system is an internal system in use by its founder, Toyota Motor Corporation, but it has taken on a new look. Toyota Production System, Second Edition systematically describes the changes that have occurred to the most efficient production system in use today. Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 1983, Toyota has integrated JIT with computer integrated manufacturing technology and a strategic informa tion system. The JIT goal of producing the necessary items in the necessary quantity at the necessary time is an internal driver of production and operations management. The addition of computer integrated technology (including expert systems by artificial intelligence) and information systems technology serve to further reduce costs, increase quality, and improve lead time. The new Toyota production system considers how to adapt production schedules to the demand changes in the marketplace while satisfying the goals of low cost, high quality, and timely delivery. The first edition of this book, Toyota Production System, published in 1983, is the basis for this book. It was translated into many languages including Spanish, Russian, Italian, Japanese, etc., and has played a definite role in inspiring production management systems throughout the world.

Author : Masaaki Imai
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071368167
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to Management written by Masaaki Imai and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1997-03-22 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to making your business more profitable and successful, don't look to re-engineering for answers. A better way is to apply the concept of kaizen, which mean making simple, common-sense improvements and refinements to critical business processes.The result: greater productivity, quality, and profits achieved with minimal cost, time, and effort invested. In this book, you discover how to maximize the results of kaizen by applying it to gemba--business processes involved in the manufacture of products and the rendering of services--the areas of your business where, as the author puts it, the "real action" takes place.

Author : Shigeo Shingo
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780915299171
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Study of the Toyota Production System written by Shigeo Shingo and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1989-10-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the "green book" that started it all -- the first book in English on JIT, written from the engineer's viewpoint. When Omark Industries bought 500 copies and studied it companywide, Omark became the American pioneer in JIT. Here is Dr. Shingo's classic industrial engineering rationale for the priority of process-based over operational improvements in manufacturing. He explains the basic mechanisms of the Toyota production system, examines production as a functional network of processes and operations, and then discusses the mechanism necessary to make JIT possible in any manufacturing plant. Provides original source material on Just-ln-Time Demonstrates new ways to think about profit, inventory, waste, and productivity Explains the principles of leveling, standard work procedures, multi-machine handling, supplier relations, and much more If you are a serious student of manufacturing, you will benefit greatly from reading this primary resource on the powerful fundamentals of JIT.

Author : Mike Rother
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071639853
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results written by Mike Rother and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2009-09-04 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Toyota Kata gets to the essence of how Toyota manages continuous improvement and human ingenuity, through its improvement kata and coaching kata. Mike Rother explains why typical companies fail to understand the core of lean and make limited progress—and what it takes to make it a real part of your culture." —Jeffrey K. Liker, bestselling author of The Toyota Way "[Toyota Kata is] one of the stepping stones that will usher in a new era of management thinking." —The Systems Thinker "How any organization in any industry can progress from old-fashioned management by results to a strikingly different and better way." —James P. Womack, Chairman and Founder, Lean Enterprise Institute "Practicing the improvement kata is perhaps the best way we've found so far for actualizing PDCA in an organization." —John Shook, Chairman and CEO, Lean Enterprise Institute This game-changing book puts you behind the curtain at Toyota, providing new insight into the legendary automaker's management practices and offering practical guidance for leading and developing people in a way that makes the best use of their brainpower. Drawing on six years of research into Toyota's employee-management routines, Toyota Kata examines and elucidates, for the first time, the company's organizational routines--called kata--that power its success with continuous improvement and adaptation. The book also reaches beyond Toyota to explain issues of human behavior in organizations and provide specific answers to questions such as: How can we make improvement and adaptation part of everyday work throughout the organization? How can we develop and utilize the capability of everyone in the organization to repeatedly work toward and achieve new levels of performance? How can we give an organization the power to handle dynamic, unpredictable situations and keep satisfying customers? Mike Rother explains how to improve our prevailing management approach through the use of two kata: Improvement Kata--a repeating routine of establishing challenging target conditions, working step-by-step through obstacles, and always learning from the problems we encounter; and Coaching Kata: a pattern of teaching the improvement kata to employees at every level to ensure it motivates their ways of thinking and acting. With clear detail, an abundance of practical examples, and a cohesive explanation from start to finish, Toyota Kata gives executives and managers at any level actionable routines of thought and behavior that produce superior results and sustained competitive advantage.