The Toyota Way (Second Edition)
14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

Notes for internal use: - Have a manual process first, that allows you to understand better where automation is needed - Treat colleagues as customers (provide output for them at the same specs as for the end customer) - Kaisen - improve processes by a tiny bit, until all waste is removed - Kaisen also......more

The Toyota way should be everyone's way. Great book with greater insights on how to be successful in your business along with how to make a profitable business. The insights can be applied not only for the automobile or transport industries but also for the software companies as well. TPS and Lean m......more

Most people may don't know, but Toyota is considered "the autistic-genius" by car manufacturers. They do everything differently, they stop producing lane when something is not ok, they don't produce X cars per hour, they have days when 0 cars are produced, just to be sure that every car going to the......more

The Toyota Way continues to be on my annual reread or re-listen to list. The 14 principles are universal and are as relevant today as they were when this was written. The Toyota Way is one of those rare books that every time you read it, you learn something new, and going out in experimenting and try......more

Jeffrey Liker offers some very good insight into the stark differences that exist between management styles/business models, particularly in the Eastern and Western cultures. It was a struggle for me to read between the case studies and, sometimes, the author seemed too preachy about the principles......more