Toyota Principle #12: Go and See
Toyota Principle #12: Go and see for yourself to thoroughly understand the situation (Genchi Genbutsu). When Toyota published “The Toyota Way 2001,” it was a deviation from the earlier “Toyota.. read more
Toyota Principle #12: Go and see for yourself to thoroughly understand the situation (Genchi Genbutsu). When Toyota published “The Toyota Way 2001,” it was a deviation from the earlier “Toyota.. read more
Toyota Principle #11: Respect your extended network of partners and suppliers by challenging them and helping them improve. .. read more
Toyota Principle #10: Develop exceptional people and teams who follow your company’s philosophy. Like Principle #9, Principle #10 deals.. read more
Toyota Principle #9 – Grow leaders who thoroughly understand the work, live the philosophy and teach it to others. With Principle #9, we start to see how important culture.. read more
Toyota Principle #8 – Use only reliable, thoroughly tested technology that serves your people and processes. NOTE: This principle doesn’t eschew the use of technology. It simply states that,.. read more
Toyota Principle # 7 – Use Visual Control So No Problems Are Hidden For those of you who haven’t been exposed to the VISUAL nature of lean, here are some thoughts.. read more
Toyota Principle #6 – Standardized tasks are the foundation for continuous improvement and employee empowerment. In a lot of ways I was lucky to begin my quest for Lean.. read more
Toyota Principle #5 – Build a culture of stopping to fix the problem, to get quality right the first time One of the better known stories about creating a culture.. read more
Toyota Principle #4 – Level out the workload (Heijunka); Work like the tortoise, not the hare. Consider the following process: To meet customer demand, you calculate that you need to.. read more
In 1999, as I was finishing my master’s thesis, I came across a small company: Title 9 Sports. Their name has since been changed to just Title Nine (http://www.titlenine.com/home.do), but.. read more