Content by Jeff Liker
Is Quality Central or Peripheral to Lean?Four different answers discuss where quality methods fit into lean.
Tue, 04/27/2010 - 12:43
The most stunning accomplishment of Toyota during the last 50 years is its turnaround from making “junk” to virtually redefining quality in the auto industry. Toyota was influenced to the core by W. Edwards Deming and quality is evident everywhere… Five “Why?” Not Five “Who?” Start pointing fingers and engagement is over.
Fri, 03/26/2010 - 08:55
I recently spoke to an executive from a Canadian manufacturing company that supplies Toyota and has several years of experience implementing the Toyota Production System (TPS). He said his biggest disappointment was that their corporate culture…
