Product Development for the Lean Enterprise: Why Toyota's System Is Four Times More Productive and How You Can Implement It @ richardeward.com

Product Development for the Lean Enterprise: Why Toyota's System Is Four Times More Productive and How You Can Implement It
by Michael N. Kennedy
from Oaklea Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• The Real Deal!!!! Must Read
  This book, as others have said, is much like "The Goal". It is not a silver bullet, not the final solution or even the best business book ever written. It is a clear concise way to explore a more realistic paradigm than the one you probably exist in now. It coaches you on implementation, partcipation and collaboration. It is simply right on and it will drive your mind to next level of understanding.
  I recommend this for everone at any level. It re-states the power of synergy and how to tap into it.... more info

• Almost Perfect
  Everything written is a bullseye with the exception of glaring ignorance regarding Six Sigma - what it is and isn't. What is written relative to Lean here should be taken verbatim as applying to Six Sigma also - there is no difference. Similarly, the written characterizations of Six Sigma should be ignored. To quote Senji Nihwa, Taiichi Ohno's lieutenant at Toyota for decades, in a good-natured ribbing, "You Americans, always trying to categorize things. Call it Lean, call it Six Sigma, it makes no... more info

• Thumbs up!
  Thumbs up, but I'd recommend you attend his workshops over the book if the opportunity presents itself.
  The book is written as a fictional account of a company's journey from process hell to an environment where engineers can devote themselves more completely to the craft they love. It is complete with protagonists and antagonists. The many men and women who have devoted large portions of their careers to wrestling with new product development process issues and trying to improve the quality and... more info

• Highly Recomended for anyone interested in Product Development
  For anyone interested in the next stage of Product Development -- this is a must read. The Toyota system encorporates what I felt has been missing in the product development process for so long. It takes into account the chaos that exists during development and actually encourages it instead of covering it up.
  I've beginning to incorporate these concepts into our process and am excited about the results I'm seeing.

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