"General Motors (GM)'s attempt to adapt the renowned Toyota Production System for its own automotive manufacturing plants had historically produced disappointing results. Why was it not sufficiently successful? This book aims to shed insights on GM's failed attempt through the a…
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Achievements and problems in American work organizational reform: a case study of the automobile industry -- The development of seniority rights and establishment of rules for job transfer and promotion in the US: General Motors Corporation -- Work organization reform until 2009…
"General Motors (GM)'s attempt to adapt the renowned Toyota Production System for its own automotive manufacturing plants had historically produced disappointing results. Why was it not sufficiently successful? This book aims to shed insights on GM's failed attempt through the a…
"General Motors (GM)'s attempt to adapt the renowned Toyota Production System for its own automotive manufacturing plants had historically produced disappointing results. Why was it not sufficiently successful? This book aims to shed insights on GM's failed attempt through the a…
"How to speed up business processes, improve quality, and cut costs in any industry In factories around the world, Toyota consistently makes the highest-quality cars with the fewest defects of any competing manufacturer, while using fewer man-hours, less on-hand inventory, and h…
"The formula for Lean success! Toyota veterans reveal how to build continuous improvement into your company's. Ever since Toyota introduced the revolutionary Toyota Production System (TPS), businesses have tried to replicate Toyota's success. Few have succeeded over the long ter…
"The formula for Lean success! Toyota veterans reveal how to build continuous improvement into your company's. Ever since Toyota introduced the revolutionary Toyota Production System (TPS), businesses have tried to replicate Toyota's success. Few have succeeded over the long ter…
"The formula for Lean success! Toyota veterans reveal how to build continuous improvement into your company's. Ever since Toyota introduced the revolutionary Toyota Production System (TPS), businesses have tried to replicate Toyota's success. Few have succeeded over the long ter…
A behind-the-scenes look at Lexus's surprising twenty-year success story-in a revised new edition In the 1980s, German brands BMW and Mercedes-Benz dominated the luxury car market and had little reason to fear competition from Japan. But in 1989, Toyota entered the market with t…
The Lexus brand's 0-60 ascent from obscurity into the ranks of the world's top automotive brands in the space of a little more than a decade is one of the great - but largely untold- business success stories. This book draws on a variety of both written sources (including previo…
The author takes us on a breathtaking "genchi-genbutu" (meaning "go and see") as if we are in Toyota City. A must-read for a car nut. Shin Sano, CEO, Sano Research, Assistant Research Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute of Design. With his strong focus on th…
Drawing upon numerous examples from decades of research; as well as insider access from a Toyota manager; this book reveals how Toyota selects; develops; and motivates its people to become committed to building high-quality products. --
