Toyota Way–‘The 14 Principles of the Toyota Way’

This video will introduce the 14 Principles of The Toyota Way.  If you haven’t read this book it is highly recommended.  This video will give you a good understanding of Toyota’s overall approach with their Toyota Production System.

The Toyota Production System

Toyota and Lean Training

Lean Quotes

• “Something is wrong if workers do not look around each day, find things that are tedious or boring, and then rewrite the procedures.  Even last month’s manual should be out of date.” ~Taiichi Ohno
• “If you are going to do TPS (Toyota Production System) you must do it all the way.  You also need to change the way you think.  You need to change how you look at things.” ~Taiichi Ohno
• “I say an hour lost at a bottleneck is an hour out of the entire system. I say an hour saved at a non-bottleneck is worthless. Bottlenecks govern both throughput and inventory.” ~Eli M. Goldratt
• “Andon works only when you teach your employees the importance of bringing problems to the surface so they can be quickly solved.” ~Jeffrey K. Liker
• “For much of Toyota’s history, we have ensured the quality and reliability of our vehicles by placing a device called an andon cord on every production line – and empowering any team member to halt production if there’s an assembly problem. Only when the problem is resolved does the line begin to move again.”  ~Akio Toyoda.
• “Supply Chain is like nature, it is all around us.” ~Dave Waters
• “No matter how many improvements have been made, every process is still full of waste and rife with opportunity to improve.” ~Jeffrey K. Liker