The machine that changed the world

The machine that changed the world

Book Description

"Lean Manufacturing" is the best approach to management and quality management today, based on optimal labor organization and ensuring long-term competitiveness without significant capital investments. This production system at one time allowed Toyota to break into the world market in record time. Subsequently, it was adopted by almost all the leading corporations in the world. Based on the results of the most serious research, the authors of this book have found out that there is often no need to buy expensive equipment, switch to new materials and technologies, fully computerize production, implement expensive information systems, etc. It is enough just to change the culture of enterprise management, the scheme of interaction of its various levels and divisions, as well as the system of values and attitude to the work of employees. Whatever industry you work in, the ideas and methods of lean manufacturing will allow you to: orient the work of the enterprise (organization) to the latest market trends; halve production space and human resources; systematically increase productivity and product quality; constantly reduce the cost and other types of costs. The unprecedented rise in the Japanese automotive industry is not just the result of the availability of cheap capital, the construction of state-of-the-art factories and strong support from the government. The secret of Japanese industrialists is the concept of lean manufacturing, - the authors of the book "The Machine that changed the World" claim. "USA Today"