Toyota Kaizen Methods: Six Steps to Improvement focuses on the skills & techniques practiced inside Toyota Motor Corporation during the past decades. This workbook focuses on the actual training course concepts & 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 & are virtually nonexistent today inside Toyota. Written by two of Toyota's most revered & 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 & confidence by simplifying concepts & removing any mystery in the process Provides homework assignments & 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 & techniques that were harnessed by generations of Toyota supervisors managers & 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 & generate improvement results for your organization.