文档介绍：THE TOYOTA WAY
14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer
Author: Jeffrey K. Liker
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Date of Publication: 2003
ISBN: 0071392319
Number of Pages: 330 pages
The Big Idea
Aboutthe Author Toyota first caught the world' s attention in the 1980s when
consumers started noticing that Toyota cars lasted longer and
required fewer repairs than American cars. Today, pany is
the world' s most profitable car manufacturer, consistently producing
Jeffrey Liker high-quality cars using fewer man hours and less on-hand
inventories. To this day, Toyota continues to raise the bar for
manufacturing, production development and process excellence.
Dr. Jeffrey K. Liker is Professor of
Industrial and Operations Engineering The Toyota Way explains the management principle and business
at the University of Michigan. He is the philosophy behind Toyota'' s ess. It narrates Toyota s approach
Director of the Japan Technology
Management Program (JTMP) and co- to Lean Production (known as the Toyota Production System) and
Director of the lean manufacturing the 14 principles that drive Toyota towards quality and excellence.
program at the University of Michigan
that offers a 10-day lean manufacturing The book also explains how you can adopt the same principles to
certificate and a five-day lean product improve your business processes,