The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement: Linking Strategy and Operational Excellence to Achieve Superior Performance

Get the blueprint for successful lean process projects that deliver breakthrough results. "The Toyota Way to Excellence" brings concepts of the bestselling, acclaimed "Toyota Way" books full circle. Here, Jeffrey Liker and James Franz cover all steps in creating lean processes, from identifying goals to developing an action plan for implementing and managing change to verifying results and fine-tuning. Specific examples and guidance will help you to: assess and understand your business' condition; build a sustainable lean process with purpose; and, troubleshoot lean processes that aren't achieving anticipated results. The book features several case studies of how lean masters at Toyota and other leading corporations design and execute lean processes. And you'll learn how Toyota creates additional value by integrating these processes with the right people to yield an unbeatable system for continuous improvement.