Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.5
EAN: 9780071392310
Edition: Reissue
ISBN: 0071392319
Label: McGraw-Hill Professional
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Professional
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 350
Publication Date: January 01, 2004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Studio: McGraw-Hill Professional

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Rating: - To understand this company's success, first understand its DNA
I read this book when it was first published in 2004 and recently re-read it, curious to know how well Jeffrey Liker's explanation of Toyota's management principles and lean production values have held up. My conclusion? Very well.

No good purpose would be served by merely listing the 14 management principles, out of context. Liker devotes a separate chapter to each, carefully explaining not only what it is but also how it guides and informs everyone at all levels and in all areas of ... Read More

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Rating: - Andrew Scotchmer
Takes you through the evolution of the Toyota Production System and introduces the reader to the 14 points of the lean philosophy. Excellent, as is the followup "field-book) for implementation of lean in your workplace.

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Rating: - Something to continuously reflect on
The Company That Invented Lean The 14 Management Principles

Being totally uninterested in cars I did not realise that Toyota is one of the worlds greatest manufacturers.

I was listening to In Business on Radio4. It was all about how Toyota has revolutionised management to create what they call lean production.

It is a fascinating read by Jeffrey K Liker. MC Graw-Hill (2004) pp 330 The Japanese have learnt in the last forty years how to make top quality cars. ... Read More

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Rating: - THE book on the Toyota Production System!
Everyone in the auto industry is familiar with Toyota's dramatic business success and, of course, consumers are demonstrably aware of the company's world-renowned quality. In fact, Toyota has done so well that, as Liker points out, many consider the company to be "boring." For, after all, steadily growing sales, consistent profitability, huge cash reserves, operational efficiency (combined with constant innovation--not an easy complement to pull off), and top quality, year after year, are not the ... Read More

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Rating: - Brilliant and well written!
Jefferey Liker's well reasoned book explains the management principles that enable TOYOTA to outperform its piers - and explains why western managers pre-occupied with `management techniques' can't `go lean', without changing the culture of their organisation

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