Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production-- Toyota's Secret Weapon in the Global Car Wars That Is Now Revolutionizing World I

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About the ins and outs of lean vs mass production that started in the automotive sector and gradually took upon the world, proving right the initial theory of lean approach's efficiency in product, production, supply chain, and beyond. Productivity, quality, modularity, agility, craftsmanship vs standardisation. There must also be a book out there exploring how lean integrates in different cultural contexts (geography and company specific). 'Truly lean plant has two key org characteristics: It transfers the max number of tasks and responsibilities to those workers actually adding value to the car on the line, and it has in place a system for detecting defects that quickly traces every problem, once discovered, to its ultimate cause.'Interestingly, this essentially history of automotive industry touches on climate change that the industry heavily contributes to and levers to overcome market saturation like self-driving technology.

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