Toyota Kaizen Methods

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Toyota Kaizen Methods: Six Steps to Improvement

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ISBN: 978-1439838532

Published: October 2010

Author: Art Smalley, Isao Kato

Pages: 154

Publisher: Productivity Press

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Features

  • Focuses on skill sets that Toyota cultivated
  • Provides an explanation of kaizen in greater context and detail than other publications
  • Presents analytic methods to look at work elements, time, motion, production lead-time, machine losses, and some standardized work
  • Covers techniques that are proven to help shorten lead-time, improve labor and capital productivity, reduce scrap and rework, and more

Summary

Toyota Kaizen Methods: Six Steps to Improvement focuses on the skills and techniques practiced inside Toyota Motor Corporation during the past decades. This workbook focuses on the actual training course concepts and methods used by Toyota to develop employee skill level, a core element of Toyota’s success. It is not a book about holding Western-style five-day Kaizen events, which were in reality quite rare during the development of Toyota’s production system and are virtually nonexistent today inside Toyota. Written by two of Toyota’s most revered and experienced trainers, the book —

Traces the origins of Kaizen since the inception of Toyota Motor Corporation

Articulates the basic six-step Kaizen improvement skills pattern taught inside Toyota

Helps practitioners of Kaizen improve their own skill level and confidence by simplifying concepts and removing any mystery in the process

Provides homework assignments and a wealth of forms for analyzing work processes

If you take the time to study the concepts detailed here, you will be reviewing the same methods and techniques that were harnessed by generations of Toyota supervisors, managers, and engineers. These techniques are not the secret ingredient of Lean manufacturing; however, mastery of these timeless techniques will improve your ability to conduct improvement in almost any setting and generate improvement results for your organization.

Reviews

…What I personally learned from people like Isao Kato and Art Smalley during my Toyota years was that a company’s success largely can be attributed to total employee involvement in daily Kaizen. This difference is critical when compared to traditional Western manufacturing companies. Team members in Toyota working with improvement tools, involvement opportunities, and a structured process constantly delivered amazing results that surpassed my expectations. This book represents a model for understanding Kaizen inside Toyota and the skills required to analyze basic processes and drive improvement.

—Russ Scaffede, former V.P. of manufacturing, Toyota Motor Manufacturing

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Weight 0.65 kg
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Productivity Press