Kaizen Express

"How should we go about implementing lean production? What should be the next step and the next step? Nowadays it is no longer easy to navigate in the sea of information about lean principles. The Kaizen Express clearly presents the process and describes the Toyota production system in a fast-paced, fluid style (TPS) in a logical sequence of implementation. This concise but comprehensive, back-to-basics book offers readers new to the lean field and veterans alike a meaningful introduction to lean principles and their implementation. It goes back to the roots and emphasizes the activity at the same time, the importance of learning by doing, both individually and as a team. One tends to forget the basics when applying higher-level methods, writes Jim Womack, founder and former president of LEI, in the Foreword. I often come across companies that have high levels of lean management, strategy and corporate culture. they concentrate on their level matters, while they slow the establishment of a solid foundation at the level where the real work takes place. Kaizen Express was originally developed for Japanese and non-native Japanese readers working together in Japanese factories around the world to learn the basics of TPS, so the original LEI publication has retained the bilingual format, complete with figures and diagrams illustrating key points. The Hungarian edition is also bilingual, but in Hungary it is available to readers in Hungarian and English. The book also contains a collection of TPS concepts in Hungarian and English, as well as a series of standard forms that are used in Toyota's plants during the introduction of TPS."