(Productivity Press: New York) --Toyota Kaizen Methods: Six Steps to Improvement focuses on the skills and techniques practiced inside Toyota Motor Corp. during the past decades. This workbook focuses on the actual training course concepts and methods used by Toyota to develop employee skill level, a core element of Toyota’s success. It is not a book about holding Western-style five-day kaizen events, which were in reality quite rare during the development of Toyota’s production system and are virtually nonexistent today inside Toyota. Written by two of Toyota’s most revered and experienced trainers—Art Smalley and Isao Kato—this workbook:

• Traces the origins of kaizen since the inception of Toyota Motor Corp.
• Articulates the basic six-step kaizen improvement skills pattern taught inside
• Helps practitioners of kaizen improve their own skill level and confidence by simplifying concepts and removing any mystery in the process
• Provides homework assignments and a wealth of forms for analyzing work processes

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