Inside the Mind of Toyota: Management Principles for Enduring Growth | SupplyChainBrain

Inside the Mind of Toyota: Management Principles for Enduring Growth

February 1, 2007

Purp Case Study 55

Toyota's sustained growth attracts the attention of economists and industrialists around the world eager to learn the secrets of Toyota's lasting success. In Inside the Mind of Toyota, Satoshi Hino examines the source of Toyota's strength: the fundamental thinking and management structures that lie beneath the creation of its famed Toyota Production System. From the perspective of a professional with 30 years experience in the auto industry, Hino presents a fresh and detailed analysis of Toyota's essential management system, from its very beginnings into the 21st century.

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