|
 Translated by Brian Miller with John
Shook.
Foreword by Jim
Womack
There are a lot of books that
describe the Toyota Production System, but most do so in a way that
implies that there was a master plan to create a company-wide
improvement system. But as the pioneers in The Birth of Lean
explain, there was no master plan—TPS came about through
experimentation, trial and error, and an evolution of ideas that
shaped Toyota’s structure and management system.
This is an honest look at the
origins of Lean, written in the words of the people who created the
system. Through interviews and annotated talks, you will hear
first-person accounts of what these innovators and problem-solvers
did and why they did it. You’ll read rare, personal commentaries
that explain the interplay of (sometimes opposing) ideas that
created a revolution in thinking.
In The Birth of Lean,
you’ll get a glimpse inside the minds and thought
processes of the system’s creators and innovators:
• Taiichi Ohno—the man who
envisioned a way of working that would evolve into the Toyota
Production System
• Eiji Toyoda—the former
Toyota President and Chairman who oversaw the development of TPS
and the inclusion of TQC at Toyota
• Kikuo Suzumura—the Toyota
manager recognized as the most influential in translating Ohno’s
ideas into actionable items
• Michikazu Tanaka—the
manager and executive at Toyota affiliate Daihatsu who adapted TPS
to his organization
• Kaneyoshi Kusunoki—the
former head of Toyota’s production engineering organization who
refined the buffering system in use in Toyota’s
operations
• Masao Nemoto—the Toyota
executive central to the deployment of TQC at Toyota
In this English translation
of a previously published Japanese book, you’ll hear the words of
the people who created the countermeasures that Toyota devised to
address issues as they arose—countermeasures that they continue to
use and adapt today. By understanding that the great minds that
developed such a powerful system started with simple experiments,
you’ll be encouraged to begin your own experiments and transform
your organization.
Author:
Shimokawa, Koichi and Takahiro Fujimoto (Editors)
Publisher: Lean Enterprise Institute
ISBN: 978-1-934109-22-9
Number of Pages: 300
List Price: A$64.00
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