The original toyota kata research my colleagues and i did ran from 20 04 to 2009 and is summarized in the book to yo ta k at a. Toyota kata gets to the essence of how toyota manages continuous improvement and. Mike rothers toyota kata is a rare and exciting eventa book that casts. Reading toyota kata, i have recognized our gaps in the text of this book and have learned 2 things. Captured at the 5th annual north american katacon conference in savannah, ga on february 18, 2019. Mike rother explains why typical companies fail to understand the core of lean and make limited progressand what it takes to make it a real part of your culture. Toyota kata by mike rother 2010 distinguishes itself from other books on the toyota production system in the way he describes the means of the tools that are used in lean implementations. Tk is a skill building process to shift our mindset and habits from a.
Thats why there are practice routines kata for each step. I encourage anyone taking on efforts to develop a toyota like culture to study this book and have the organizational leader, in the company, do the same. Toyota kata gets to the essence of how toyota manages continuous improvement and human ingenuity, through its improvement kata and coaching kata. Toyota kata could be the most important book on lean since the toyota way. This gamechanging book puts you behind the curtain at toyota, providing new insight into the legendary automakers management practices and offering. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Based on six years research at toyota, mike rothers book provides a very readable and straightforward approach to embedding continuous improvement putting the principles of the toyota production system into action. Toyota kata by mike rother overdrive rakuten overdrive.
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