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The Toyota Way
by Jeffrey Liker
from McGraw-Hill

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Toyota Production System Requires Stamina at the Top
  This is an excellent book to uncover the beautiful simplicity of the Toyota Production System. Although simple is always best, with complicated cars, machines and huge sums of parts, it sometimes is lost in the jungle of the manufacturing floor. This is where a company's leadership is key to the success of the lean manufacturing endeavor. Obviously, the Toyoda family had a long line of brilliant individuals that have not only kept the principles alive, but continued to drive the company to record growth and... more info

• Operational excellence as a strategic weapon
  The Toyota Way certainly does provide the foundation of using operational excellence as a strategic weapon. With increased competition, companies are continuously challenged to achieve operational excellence in a better way than its competitors, and use this as their strategic weapon or at least ensure that they are meeting/exceeding industry standard in this area. This book contributed many ideas to my MBA dissertation, in creating a profit for an insurance company that had been making continuous losses... more info

• Great Book on tape
  Great for those that are on the go and would like to learn a little more about TPS and lean manufacturing.

• A must have - a bit too long though
  This is a must have for any manager or business administrator. My only observation is that some of the chapters are too long in making the point accross. Otherwise, it's an excellent reference to "copy with pride" the best practices from a great company.

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