Jeffrey K.Liker – The Toyota Way

Gary Convis, Managing Office of Toyota said, This book will give you an understanding of what has made Toyota successful and some practical ideas that you can use to develop your own approach to business.

There are fewer man-hours. Less inventory. The highest quality cars have the least defects. Toyota consistently raises the bar for manufacturing, product development, and process excellence in factories around the globe. The result is an amazing business success story: steadily taking market share from price-cutting competitors, earning far more profit than any other automaker, and winning the praise of business leaders worldwide.

The way of the Toyota. Toyota has a reputation for quality and reliability. Dr. Jeffrey Liker, a renowned authority on Toyota’s Lean methods, explains how you can adopt these principles to improve the speed of your business processes, improve product and service quality, and cut costs.

Dr. Liker’s research on Toyota gave him insight into the Toyota culture. The Toyota Production System evolved as a new paradigm of manufacturing excellence. You will learn how Toyota fosters employee involvement at all levels, discover the difference between traditional process improvement and Toyota’s Lean improvement, and learn why companies often think they are Lean but aren’t.