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he Toyota Production System, which was developed from the late 1940s through the mid-1970s by top Toyota executives to improve the company’s manufacturing processes, is now used by numerous companies ...

Automaker Toyota Motor Corp (NYSE: TM) disrupted the automotive industry when it developed a lean manufacturing process known as the Toyota Production System. It's a system that focuses on eliminating ...

Lean and Six Sigma aren’t the answer to improving your hospital. Being like Toyota is, but that doesn’t mean the answer is gemba walks and value stream maps. Don’t let the consultants fool you. The ...

While Lean principles have been known and applied in a variety of manufacturing processes, the applications in product development have been slower to come. Several companies have also applied Lean to ...

SmartPlanet colleagues Andrew Nusca and Larry Dignan have been doing a great job following the debacle involving Toyota’s sticky gas pedals, and point to discussions about how the automaker's ...

This is the new face of lean in the age of advanced manufacturing: a bustling mix of technologies and automation tools designed to streamline processes and eliminate pools of costly waste still ...