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The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer QUOTES

The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer QUOTES

1 " Most Business Processes Are 90% Waste and 10% Value-Added Work "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

2 " Every team member has the responsibility to stop the line every time they see something that is out of standard. That's how we put the responsibility for quality in the hands of our team members. "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

3 " Go and see for yourself to thoroughly understand the situation (genchi genbutsu). "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

4 " We build cars, not intellectuals "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

5 " Standardization Is the Basis for Continuous Improvement and Quality "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

6 " All we are doing is looking at the time line from the moment the customer gives us an order to the point when we collect the cash. And we are reducing that time line by removing the non-value-added wastes. (Ohno, 1988) "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

7 " 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 , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

8 " Automobiles account for about 20 percent of the carbon dioxide from all human sources, yet about one fourth of the world's population enjoys their benefits. "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

9 " Be responsive to the day-by-day shifts in customer demand rather than relying on computer schedules and systems to track wasteful inventory. "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

10 " The Toyota Production System can be realized only when all the workers become tortoises. (Ohno, 1988) "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

11 " management has no more critical role than to motivate and engage large numbers of people to work together toward a common goal. Defining and explaining what the goal is, sharing a path to achieving it, motivating people to take the journey with you, and assisting them by removing obstacles—those are management's reasons for being. We "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

12 " A cornerstone of the Toyota Way is “challenge "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

13 " Continuous improvement means getting better every day and is the driver for building a sustainable enterprise. Only those at the gemba can understand the problems fast enough to react quickly. Continuous improvement depends on a different paradigm of the role of the human—all humans are problem detectors and problem correctors—thinking scientifically. "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

14 " Never be satisfied with inaction. Question and redefine your purpose to attain progress. "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

15 " aggressively. In the case of the G21, he might have neglected it as "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

16 " Rather the power behind TPS is a company’s management commitment to continuously invest in its people and promote a culture of continuous improvement. "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

17 " The Toyota Way provides a model for fast, efficient, and effective execution of long-term strategy based on:   Carefully studying the market and planning in detail future products and services   Putting safety first for team members and customers   Eliminating wasted time and resources in execution of those plans   Building quality into every step of design, manufacturing, and service delivery   Using new technology effectively to work in harmony with people, not simply replace people   Building a culture of people who learn and think scientifically to achieve aligned, challenging goals "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

18 " Sakichi Toyoda’s personal and professional philosophy continues to influence Toyota today through what the company has distilled as his “five main principles”: 1.   Always be faithful to your duties, thereby contributing to the company and to the overall good. 2.   Always be studious and creative, striving to stay ahead of the times. 3. Always be practical and avoid frivolousness. 4.   Always strive to build a homelike atmosphere at work that is warm and friendly. 5.   Always have respect for spiritual matters and remember to be grateful at all times. "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

19 " Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) Cycle, a cornerstone of continuous improvement. The Japanese term for continuous improvement is kaizen and is the process of making incremental improvements, no matter how small, and achieving the lean goal of eliminating all waste that adds cost without adding to value. "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

20 " It is comforting to believe that if we could only implement the right cells and other lean tools to eliminate waste in the process, we could let it rip and get great results forever . . . or at least for a long time. But processes do not work that way. "

― Jeffrey K. Liker , The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer