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Part I. Learning from Toyota I 1. Background to the Fieldbook 3 Why The Toyota Way Fieldbook? 3 How the Book Is Organized 6 Overview of the Toyota Way Principles 8 How to Use This Book 14 Part II. Why Does Your Company Exist? 15 2. Define Your Corporate Philosophy and Begin to Live It 17 What Is Your Company's Philosophy? 17 A Sense of Purpose Inside and Out 18 Creating Your Philosophy 23 Living Your Philosophy 24 Making a Social Pact with Employees and Partners 25 Maintaining Continuity of Purpose 27 Part III. Creating Lean Processes Throughout Your Enterprise 31 3. Starting the Journey of Waste Reduction 33 Lean Means Eliminating Waste 33 Developing a Long-Term Philosophy of Waste Reduction 37 Value Stream Mapping Approach 37 Benefits of the Value Stream Mapping Approach 41 Developing a Current State Map 42 Understand Your Objectives When Mapping the Current State 43 Limitations of the Value Stream Mapping Approach 47 Creating Flow Step by Step 49 Sequential and Concurrent Continuous Improvement 52 4. Create Initial Process Stability 56 First Get to Basic Stability 56 Indicators of Instability 57 Clearing the Clouds 58 Objectives of Stability 58 Strategies to Create Stability 59 Identify and Eliminate Large Waste 60 Standing in the Circle Exercise 60 Standardized Work as a Tool to Identify and Eliminate Waste 61 5S and Workplace Organization 64 Consolidate Waste Activities to Capture Benefits 65 Improve Operational Availability 71 Reduce Variability by Isolating It 74 Level the Workload to Create a Foundation for Flow and Standardization 77 5. Create Connected Process Flow 80 One-Piece Flow Is the Ideal 80 Why Flow? 81 Less Is More: Reduce Waste by Controlling Overproduction 83 Strategies to Create Connected Process Flow 89 Single-Piece Flow 89 Key Criteria for Achieving Flow 91 Pull 94 Complex Flow Situations 98 Pull in a Custom Manufacturing Environment 100 Creating Pull Between Separate Operations 102 Flow, Pull, and Eliminate Waste 108 6. Establish Standardized Processes and Procedures 111 Is Standardization Coercive? 111 Standardized Work or Work Standards? 113 Objective of Standardization 114 Strategies to Establish Standardized Processes and Procedures 117 Types of Standardization 118 Quality, Safety, and Environmental Standards 119 Standard Specifications 120 Standard Procedures 121 Myths of Standardized Work 122 Standardized Work 124 Standardized Work Documents 126 Some Challenges of Developing Standardized Work 131 Auditing the Standardized Work 134 Standardized Work as a Baseline for Continuous Improvement 135 Takt Time as a Design Parameter 136 Importance of Visual Controls 139 Standardization Is a Waste Elimination Tool 141 7. Leveling: Be More Like the Tortoise Than the Hare 145 The Leveling Paradox 145 Heijunka Provides a Standardized Core for Resource Planning 146 Why Do This to Yourself? 147 Smoothing Demand for Upstream Processes 148 How to Establish a Basic Leveled Schedule 151 Incremental Leveling and Advanced Heijunka 157 Incremental Leveling 157 Points of Control 158 Point of Control for Managing Inventory 158 A Leveled Schedule Dictates Replenishment 159 Slice and Dice When Product Variety Is High 161 Leveling Is an Enterprisewide Process 166 8. Build a Culture That Stops to Fix Problems 171 Developing the Culture 172 The Role of Jidoka: Self-Monitoring Machines 177 The Problem-Resolution Cycle 178 Minimizing Line Stop Time 182 Build Quality Inspections into Every Job 184 Poka Yoke 186 Creating a Support Structure 195 9. Make Technology Fit with People and Lean Processes 198 Back to the Abacus? 198 What Do You Believe About Technology, People, and Processes? 200 Tailor Technology to Fit Your People and Operating Philosophy 203 Contrasting Models of Technology Adoption 205 Keep Technology in Perspective 213 Part IV. Develop Exceptional People and Partners 217 10. Develop Leaders Who Live Your System and Culture from Top to Bottom 219 Success Starts with Leadership 219 Importance of Leadership Within Toyota 220 Toyota Georgetown Production Leadership Structure 222 Toyota Georgetown Staff Leadership Structure 224 Requirements for Leaders 224 Group Leader Responsibilities on a Typical Workday 226 Creating a Production Leadership Structure 232 Selecting Leaders 234 Developing Leaders 237 Succession Plan for Leaders 239 11. Develop Exceptional Team Associates 242 "We Don't Just Build Cars, We Build People" 242 Start by Selecting the Right People 243 Assimilating Team Associates into Your Culture 246 Job Instruction Training: The Key to Developing Exceptional Skill Levels 247 Making a Training Plan and Tracking Performance 255 Building Team Associates for the Long Term 258 Quality Circles 258 Toyota Suggestion Program 261 Developing Team Associates for Leadership Roles 263 Personal Touch Creates Stronger Bonds 265 Invest in Skill in All Areas of the Company 265 12. Develop Suppliers and Partners as Extensions of the Enterprise 270 Supplier Partners in a Globally Competitive World 270 Short-Term Cost Savings vs. Long-Term Partnerships 271 Supplier Partnering the Toyota Way 273 Seven Characteristics of Supplier Partnering 275 Building a Lean Extended Enterprise 290 Traditional vs. Lean Models of Supplier Management 294 Part V. Root Cause Problem Solving for Continuous Learning 305 13. Problem Solving the Toyota Way 307 More Than Solving Problems 307 Every Problem Is an Improvement Opportunity 309 Telling the Problem-Solving Story 313 14. Develop a Thorough Understanding of the Situation and Define the Problem 323 Carefully Aim Before Firing 323 Find the True Problem to Get the Most Significant Results 327 Examining a Problem in Reverse 333 Defining the Problem 334 Building a Strong Supporting Argument 337 15. Complete a Thorough Root Cause Analysis 341 Principles of Effective Analysis 341 Seeking Problem Causes That Are Solvable 346 Distill Root Cause Analysis to Simplest Terms 349 A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words 349 Putting It All Together: The A3 One-Page Report 351 Dig Deeply into Possible Causes 352 16. Consider Alternative Solutions While Building Consensus 356 Broadly Consider All Possibilities 356 Simplicity, Cost, Area of Control, and the Ability to Implement Quickly 357 Develop Consensus 359 Test Ideas for Effectiveness 360 Select the Best Solution 362 Define the Right Problem and the Solution Will Follow 362 17. Plan-Do-Check-Act 364 Plan: Develop an Action Plan 364 Do: Implement Solutions 368 Check: Verify Results 368 Act: Make Necessary Adjustments to Solutions and to the Action Plans 371 Act: Identify Future Steps 371 Finally Some Action 372 18. Telling the Story Using an A3 Report 376 Less Can Be More in Report Writing 376 Determining How to Use an A3 377 The A3 Problem-Solving Report Process 379 Outline for an A3 381 Formatting Tips 382 Final A3 Version of Problem-Solving Story 383 Final Comments on A3s 387 Part VI. Managing the Change 391 19. Lean Implementation Strategies and Tactics 393 Where Should You Start? 393 Lean Implementation Levels, Strategies, and Tools 394 Having the Patience to Do It Right 417 20. Leading the Change 427 Can We Avoid Politics in Lean Transformation? 427 Leadership from the Top, Middle, and Bottom 430 Can You Metric Your Way to Lean? 449 Changing Behavior to Change Culture 452 Spreading Your Learning to Partners 458 Now Please Try ... and Do Your Best 461