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The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement : Linking Strategy and Operational Excellence to Achieve Superior Performance by Jeffrey K. Liker; James K. Franz is a business book available to read on EtoBox.
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Building upon the international bestselling Toyota Way series of books by Jeffrey Liker, The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement looks critically at lean deployments and identifies the root causes of why most of them fail. The book is organized into three major sections outlining: Why it is critical to go beyond implementing lean tools and, instead, build a culture of continuous improvement that connects operational excellence to business strategy Case studies from seven unique industries written from the perspective of the sensei (teacher) who led the lean transformation Lessons about transforming your own vision of an ideal organization into reality Section One: Using the Plan-Do-Check-Adjust (PDCA) methodology, Liker and Franz contrast true PDCA thinking to that of the popular, superficial approach of copying "lean solutions." They describe the importance of developing people and show how the Toyota Way principles support and drive continuous improvement. Explaining how lean systems and processes start with a purpose that provides a true north direction for all activities, they wrap up this section by examining the glaring differences between building a system of pe
Who reads The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement : Linking Strategy and Operational Excellence to Achieve Superior Performance?
It is typically read by working professionals who need an authoritative practice reference.
Common subject areas: medicine, law, business, engineering.
- Author
- Jeffrey K. Liker; James K. Franz
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill School Education Group
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781283067928
- Category
- business
- Subjects
- Management, Business, Technology
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (143 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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