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The Toyota Way, 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer (精装)
by Jeffrey K. Liker
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Quality management, Lean production, Process improvement, Corporate transformation |
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| MSL Pointer Review:
This is not only an excellent treatise on the Toyota's TPS, but a profound insight on the Kaizen culture, the real core competency of Japanese industries. |
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An American reader, USA
<2006-12-22 00:00>
As you can check the 4Ps and the 14 management principles typed by some reviewers here, most of them are just common sense. However, common sense is really not that common, at least not in the auto industry when one sees the high failure rate, even amongst Japanese auto makers who copy some but not all of the Toyota Way or Toyota Production System TPS. Thanks to the author, many good samples are vividly written of how Toyota fully commits to its long term principles at the expense of short term benefits, respects the communities where its factories locate, supports even the lowest of worker to quality/value devotion (Dare you stop the whole production line for a minor fault you find? They encourage you to do so in Toyota). I am sure many ordinary but top level managers will excuse themselves from the level of Toyota commitment on unique circumstances. In Toyota, they ask themselves "why" five times on each problem to nail its root cause, instead of taking anything for granted, as those ordinary managers do. Moreover, Toyota had invested/devoted much to adapt to the cultural, social....difference between Japan and US. Add them all up, that's the difference between survival and death.
I had read many business books of the HBR type. However, if I am asked to make only one recommendation, this is it. |
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