The Toyota Way Fieldbook

The Toyota Way Fieldbook is a companion to the international bestseller The Toyota Way. The Toyota Way Fieldbook builds on the philosophical aspects of Toyota?s operating systems by detailing the concepts and providing practical examples for application that leaders need to bring Toyota?s success-proven practices to life in any organization. The Toyota Way Fieldbook will help other companies learn from Toyota and develop systems that fit their unique cultures.

The book begins with a review of the principles of the Toyota Way through the 4Ps model?Philosophy, Processes, People and Partners, and Problem Solving. Readers looking to learn from Toyota?s lean systems will be provided with the inside knowledge they need to: ? Define the companies purpose and develop a long-term philosophy ? Create value streams with connected flow, standardized work, and level production ? Build a culture to stop and fix problems ? Develop leaders who promote and support the system ? Find and develop exceptional people and partners ? Learn the meaning of true root cause problem solving ? Lead the change process and transform the total enterprise

The depth of detail provided draws on the authors combined experience of coaching and supporting companies in lean transformation. Toyota experts at the Georgetown, Kentucky plant, formally trained David Meier in TPS. Combined with Jeff Liker?s extensive study of Toyota and his insightful knowledge the authors have developed unique models and ideas to explain the true philosophies and principles of the Toyota Production System. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-01-2009; Thanks David; Can you imagine not only purchasing an excellent book on management, but even meeting the author and receiving an excellent education on the principles of that book. Well that happened to me. The principles have remained with me for more...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-20-2009; The focus is on providing a practical guide for implementing Toyota's 4Ps...; This is a great book written by people who worked with Toyota manufacturing...It is filled with many examples, tools and templates which show how Toyota's production system works at a manufacturing line level... But, the interesting...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-05-2008; Great "How To" Book for introducing TPS in a company; Our company is introducing Toyota Production System methodologies, and we all had questions about "Why do we use 11x17 paper for presentations?" and "How do we perform this task ?". This is a very good reference book for our specific...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-08-2008; Deeper understanding of Toyota Way; I thought this book did a nice job of describing not only the "tools and techniques" that US mfgs try to copy from Toyota, but also the underlying culture of excellence and high-performance organization that is the support structure of...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-01-2009; Thanks David; Can you imagine not only purchasing an excellent book on management, but even meeting the author and receiving an excellent education on the principles of that book. Well that happened to me. The principles have remained with me for more...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-01-2006; Buyer Beware; I think this book, similar to Dr. Liker's The Toyota Way, misleads the reader into believing that if the reader employs these principles and programs, that their enterprise/business will be successful like Toyota. Why? The authors fail...; read full review | report as inappropriate