The Birth of LeanTakahiro Fujimoto This is an honest look at the origins of lean, written in the words of the people who created the system. Through interviews and annotated talks, you will hear first-person accounts of what these innovators and problem-solvers did and why they did it. You¿ll read rare, personal commentaries that explain the interplay of (sometimes opposing) ideas that created a revolution in thinking. |
Contents
Putting a Pull System in Place at Toyota | |
The Evolution of Buffering at Toyota | |
Total Quality Control and the Toyota Production System | |
The Guiding Management Perspective | |
Afterword | |
About the Editors and the Translators | |
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The Birth of Lean: Conversations with Taiichi Ohno, Eiji Toyoda, and Other ... Kōichi Shimokawa,Takahiro Fujimoto No preview available - 2009 |
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