The Toyota Way

The Toyota Way is a set of principles defining the organizational culture of Toyota Motor Corporation.[1][2] The company formalized the Toyota Way in 2001, after decades of academic research into the Toyota Production System and its implications for lean manufacturing as a methodology that other organizations could adopt.[3] The two pillars of the Toyota Way are respect for people and continuous improvement.[4] Jeffrey K. Liker popularized the philosophy in his 2004 book, The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer.[5] Subsequent research has explored the extent to which the Toyota Way can be applied in other contexts.[6]

  1. ^ Marksberry, Phillip (31 May 2011). "The Toyota Way – a quantitative approach". International Journal of Lean Six Sigma. 2 (2): 132–150. doi:10.1108/20401461111135028. ISSN 2040-4166. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. ^ Soliman, Mohammed Hamed Ahmed (March 2021). Toyota Standard Work: The Foundation of Kaizen. KDP, PersonalLean. ISBN 979-8721554254.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. ^ Jayamaha, Nihal P.; Wagner, Jürgen P.; Grigg, Nigel P.; Campbell-Adam, Nicky M.; Harvie, Warwick (July 2014). "Testing a theoretical model underlying the 'Toyota Way' – an empirical study involving a large global sample of Toyota facilities". International Journal of Production Research. 52 (14): 4332–4350. doi:10.1080/00207543.2014.883467. S2CID 109063964.
  4. ^ Liker, Jeffrey K. (2008). Toyota Culture: The Heart and Soul of the Toyota Way. New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. xxvii. ISBN 9780071492171.
  5. ^ Toyota Way Fieldbook (First ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. 2006. ISBN 978-0-07-144893-2.
  6. ^ Lander, E.; Liker, J. K. (August 2007). "The Toyota Production System and art: making highly customized and creative products the Toyota way". International Journal of Production Research. 45 (16): 3681–3698. doi:10.1080/00207540701223519. S2CID 110872906.