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The newest book in the bestselling Toyota Way series gives executives and managers the blueprint for successful lean process projects that deliver breakthrough results
In The Toyota Way to Excellence, Jeffrey Liker and James Franz covers all steps in creating lean processes, from identifying goals to developing an action plan for implementing and managing change to verifying results and fine-tuning. Through numerous compelling case studies, readers learn how lean masters at Toyota and other corporations design and implement lean processes-and create additional value by integrating these processes with the right people to yield an unbeatable system for continuous improvement.
• Toyota still regularly ranks among the world's most profitable, best-run companies-and managers the world over are eager to read about the methods and models behind this success
• Liker's Toyota Way books have sold nearly a half-million copies, and continue to rack up awards and critical praise
• Toyota Way to Excellence brings concepts of the Toyota Way full circle. Everyone who has read it will need to read this book too
Jeffrey K. Liker (Ann Arbor, MI) is professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering and cofounder and Director of the Japan Technology Management Program at the University of Michigan.
James K. Franz (Saline, MI) learned lean as a Toyota Production Engineer in Japan, and has more than 22 years of manufacturing experience.
