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Management Lessons from Taiichi Ohno: What Every Leader Can Learn from the Man who Invented the Toyota Production System Kindle Edition

by Takehiko Harada (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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The 15 most powerful practices of the legendary Taiichi Ohno you can use to drive breakthrough productivity improvements in your company

Having spent 40 years working at the side of Taichii Ohno at Toyota, Takehiko Harada recounts his experiences transforming operations as we know them.

In Management Lessons from Taichii Ohno, Harada explains, “Good Kaizen makes an environment where work is meaningful. To create a workplace like this, it is crucial to train people in the management of a lean organization.” The book provides managers and executives with the tools they need to implement TPS/Lean within their organization.

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Takehiko Harada joined Toyota Motor Corporation in 1968, where he served as machine department head, project general manger of the Operations Management Consulting Division (Toyota’s TPS deployment group), and Head for engineering works.

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Takehiko Harada joined Toyota Motor Corporation in 1968, where he served as machine department head, project general manger of the Operations Management Consulting Division (Toyota’s TPS deployment group), and Head for engineering works.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B010CHIFRA
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw Hill; 1st edition (June 5, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 5, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2529 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 177 pages
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cwp
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for Lean/CI Practitioners
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2015
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I highly recommend this book. It fills in some more pieces of Toyota's past and how they have sustained this system. Like other books, this one adds a couple more pieces to the Toyota puzzle. It is a really quick read
- of note - Ohno used the model line concept
- Ohno’s goal for kanbans was no more than a WIP Cap of 5
- Ohno’s strategy that led to team leaders and group leaders having 50% of their time free
- Also dedicates one or two chapters to what we call process flow analysis or TIPS (following the product) This tool is not utilized in its true form nor understood by most practitioners today.
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Michael Balle
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely a MUST READ for anyone serious about lean, and serious at measuring where they are in understanding lean thinking
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2015
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For any one at all serious about lean thinking, this is an absolute must read - no excuses! Most books describe the "what" of lean, the tools, the cases, the instances. A few explain the "how" the principles and the guidance on how to apply these in various conditions. But al too often the original intent is lost - the "why". Takehiko Harada's great book brings us back to the deep why - why did Taiichi Ohno look so differently at work, and all the efforts his teams made to understand his insights and go beyond. We need more books like this one, and we can start by reading this one, over and over again.
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Mark Warren
3.0 out of 5 stars I really wanted to give the book 5 stars, but...
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2015
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I was very much looking forward to reading about the experience of someone that worked in close proximity to Ohno and also in their Operations Management Consulting Division.
I really wanted to give the book 5 stars, but... considering his arrival at Toyota was just after Ohno states that he had a mature system, I expected better.
Pros: He offers some insight on working with suppliers and as an expat for your company. He is one of the few that clearly defines that Ohno's primary goal was to create flow and all activity was to resolve disruptions observed. On consultants; that they are under pressure to show quick results and often do things that look good in the short term, but undermine the establishment of TPS. He is rather critical of people starting with 2S or 5S, as was Ohno. ( I was expecting him to mention where it came from.)
Cons: Editing - as someone that has read all of Ohno's published books and many of the interviews he gave, the early history Harada provides contradicts Ohno's own work. He attributes many events 10-20 years before they happened, like the supermarkets. His discussion about the andons would lead someone to believe that Toyota or Ohno invented the system...except there is a book in the Toyota City office published in 1931 that clearly describes the andon cord system in Ford's River Rouge plant. If we look at his attribution about kitting, Ford was using this in 1915. On reorganizing the machining equipment for flow... Ueno reorganized a Japanese spinning plant in 1917.
Outside of the historical errors that should have been corrected by good editing, I was quite disappointed with how much was missing beyond the observations on flow. I was expecting much more insight from someone in the 2nd generation after the engineers that had refined the Toyota Production System.
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Erik_Hansen
5.0 out of 5 stars Great learning from the Master himself and his pupil
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2019
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Great book to get inspired by and nice little Golden nuggets to be found every where in the book. A fun little thing: even though the books tells you how to deploy TPS overseas this can be translated into how you should act if you’re responsible for deploying on different locations as well. Defintely worth a read.
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DarrenIngram_dot_com
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2015
The author in this interesting, easy-to-consume book offers fifteen powerful practices from the Toyota Production System that will help boost the productivity of any company.

Over several decades, the author has been working with the Lean productivity improvement system at Toyota with Taiichi Ohno and thus, it can be reasonably said, he knows his onions. The book is more than a series of dry rules, but a deep and practical explanation of the need for focussed change, aided by real-world examples to show the benefits that can be received.

The book was originally written for a Japanese audience (but now translated into English) and thus it is viewed from a Japanese viewpoint. This reviewer did not notice this to be a problem despite the author’s caveat, even if some of the stated Japanese terms did not mean a lot when viewed in isolation. It all made for a pleasant, informative read in any case. It is a lot more than just a collection of thoughts and a stated route to take; it is a mixture of advice, observation and consideration yet as you read it, it just comes out as a stream of sensible, actionable advice. This book is one of those tomes that you can read many times, picking out different meanings, feelings and nuances on each occasion as your knowledge becomes more focussed and directed.

It was interesting to note how many people misunderstand what the Toyota Production System is, even in Japan, wrongly believing that it is only something that affects production; the reality is that it can be utilised in nearly every situation as it is a method of working. Maybe this book will push away many misapprehensions and inspire others to consider its usage.

A book like this should be essential reading for anybody in a position of management or leadership, even if you don’t consider you have a need or desire to change how your company works. For the generalist or just curious reader, it is still a pleasant way to spend a few evenings!
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Roland Differenz
5.0 out of 5 stars Taichi Ohne ohne "Rosarote Brille"
Reviewed in Germany on April 22, 2020
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Die romantische Darstellung von Lean hat mich auch jahrelang geblendet. Nach meiner Japan Reise wollte ich es dann genau wissen. Dieses Buch entzaubert fast alle anderen Bücher zu diesem Thema. "Respekt für Menschen" bedeutet nicht kuscheln und immer coachen wie uns die "üblichen" Lean Gurus glaubhaft machen wollen, sondern ebenso push und den Mitarbeiter challengen.
Taichi Ohno war eine richtige "Schubraupe" und bei vielen Kollegen wsl. nicht sehr beliebt. Wohin dieser Weg geführt hat wissen wir alle. Wie sich diese Erkenntnisse im heutigen Umfeld umsetzen lassen, darf jeder für sich selbst entscheiden. Danke für dieses tolle Buch!
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sami hadhri
4.0 out of 5 stars Des conseils pratiques
Reviewed in France on May 2, 2017
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Une découverte du TPS de l'intérieur avec des conseils bien pratiques et une découverte de la culture lean au japon qui est un des fondements du Lean
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