Jeff Liker

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Jeffrey K. Liker, Ph.D., is professor of industrial and operations engineering at the University of Michigan and principle of Optiprise Inc. Liker has authored or co-authored more than 75 articles and book chapters and nine books. He is author of the international best-seller, The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer (McGraw-Hill, 2004), which speaks to the underlying philosophy and principles that drive Toyota's quality and efficiency-obsessed culture. The companion (with David Meier), The Toyota Way Fieldbook (McGraw Hill, 2005) details how companies can learn from the Toyota Way principles. His book with Jim Morgan, The Toyota Product Development System, (Productivity Press, 2006) is the first that details the product development side of Toyota.

Fri, 03/26/2010 - 08:55

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…