The Toyota Way

How to speed up business processes, improve quality, and cut costs in any industry

In factories around the world, Toyota consistently makes the highest-quality cars with the fewest defects of any competing manufacturer, while using fewer man-hours, less on-hand inventory, and half the floor space of its competitors. The Toyota Way is the first book for a general audience that explains the management principles and business philosophy behind Toyota's worldwide reputation for quality and reliability.

Complete with profiles of organizations that have successfully adopted Toyota's principles, this book shows managers in every industry how to improve business processes by:

Eliminating wasted time and resources
Building quality into workplace systems
Finding low-cost but reliable alternatives to expensive new technology
Producing in small quantities
Turning every employee into a qualitycontrol inspector

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From: Amazon
Posted: Sep-28-2009

A very good value

I've seen other books on "Lean" and "Lean Production" carrying much higher prices for less than half the content. This book is a good value and easy read - explains the history of Toyota and then carries their expansion and influence across the water to the US and our challenges. I'm not...

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Posted: Sep-23-2009

A must read for all lean practitioners!

Like three books in one this book covers the history of the Toyota Way, the 14 principals of the Toyota Way, and how organizations can apply the Toyota Way. While it is not a quick read it does read well for a "business book".This book emphasizes the philosophy and long term thinking that embody...

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Posted: Aug-22-2009

A life changing book.

This book has changed my life. It has changed the way I see business and management. Along with The Toyota Production System by Taiichi Onno, this book is simply genius. The toyota Talent and The Toyota Culture are high in my long books wish list. I am applying the principles to my everyday life,...

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Posted: Jul-31-2009

The Toyota Way gave me some invaluable insights.

Heard the CD version of THE TOYOTA WAY by Dr. Jeffrey Liker,a professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan.Dr. Liker has studied Toyota for some 20 years and, in particular,the 14 management principles and philosophy that drive thecompany's quality and...

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Posted: Jul-09-2009

Driven to perform....and excel

After Allied Forces decimated the Japanese geography, spirit and psyche with atomic weapons in World War II - nobody thought anything would rise from the ashes of the "Country of the Rising Sun." However, within a single generation, that nation has become one of the most affluent consumer markets...

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Posted: Mar-04-2009

Great book!!!

This is a great book. I have read "Lean Thinking" and "The Machine that Changed the World" and those are very good books, but "The Toyota Way" definitely does a great job explaining the Toyota Way principles and their applications. This book is very easy to read and you will not want to stop...

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Posted: Jan-06-2009

Value for the operations oriented individual

For any individual working in an operations oriented field this book can be a valuable tool for learning more about the Toyota Way and Lean manufacturing.

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Posted: Sep-07-2008

Book Purchase

Book seller presented accurate information regarding the condition and quality of the book. Book receipt time was excellent and well within the timeframe given to the purchaser. Thanks for the great service.

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Posted: Jul-31-2008

To understand this company's success, first understand its DNA

I read this book when it was first published in 2004 and recently re-read it, curious to know how well Jeffrey Liker's explanation of Toyota's management principles and lean production values have held up. My conclusion? Very well. No good purpose would be served by merely listing the 14...

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Posted: Apr-20-2008

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...

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