The Toyota Way

ISBN 0071392319

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Fourteen Principles

one of these is KaiZen. When these are all integrated well, then companies reached the nirvana of LeanManufacturing?.

WikiPedia entry on this is quite comprehensive. Read it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Toyota_Way

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But is it TheWay ?

RJ Crawford HBR 1998 article "Reinterpreting the Japanese economic miracle" concluded:

• much of Japan’s remarkable success came from stifling constraints unlikely to be tolerated in the west

The http://www.maaw.info/ArticleSummaries/ArtSumCrawford98.htm summary stated 6 reasons for success of Japan and flaws in the system including "management bullies", obsession to having sanitized communications, etc.

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