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Ten Common Misconceptions About Toyota

As good as the misconceptions surrounding Toyota make it sound, the truth is even better.

Stewart Anderson
Tue, 10/20/2009 - 05:00
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Story update 10/22/2009: We added a reference to Toyota Kata in the first paragraph.

 

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Submitted by Tripp Babbitt on Tue, 10/20/2009 - 09:56

Great Article

Finally another American challenging the industrial tourists and "lean". I am with you Stewart, but I work with service industry. The toolheads have dominated the consulting industry for too long. My Vanguard partners in the UK have long discovered the myth of tools and their misapplication. John Seddon (Vanguard's MD) has several books listing the problem with this thinking "Freedom from Command and Control" and "Systems Thinking in the Public Sector."

The need for tools should be outlined by 3 questions:
1) Who invented the tool?
2) What problem were they trying to solve?
3) Do you have that problem?

We have found in service industry that new tools emerge from understanding the thinking and not looking for 7 wastes, standardization, best practices, etc.

Good luck with your thinking approach for manufacturing. The tools-based groups have a head start. A fool with a tool is still a fool.

Regards,
Tripp Babbitt
www.newsystemsthinking.com
www.thesystemsthinkingreview.co.uk (Government)

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Submitted by dvanputten on Tue, 10/20/2009 - 14:02

In reply to Great Article by Tripp Babbitt

Great Article

Please write more articles on TPS and related topics. This is a really great article that I believe requires readers to have a deeper knowledge of systems and thinking to truly grasp. You did a very nice job of conveying some important concepts about leadership in manufacturing.

Thank you,

Dirk van Putten

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