By: Jeffry Liker
Pages: 330
Business
My recommendation: 9 / 10
Date read: 22nd Jan'17
Brief review: This book was gifted to me by a friend of mine who is a Toyota dealer since long. It remained on my shelf for long before I read it. Written in 2004, the book discusses the management principles used by Toyota and how it forged ahead of competition. You will know how Toyota built a culture to stop fixing problems but to get the quality right the first time. It gives an insight to 14 management principles Toyota followed. The book is divided into 3 parts. (1) The world class power of the Toyota way (2) The business principles of the Toyota way and (3) Applying the Toyota way in your organisation. What impressed me was the fact that this book talks about the systems and processes Toyota used and was written way before Toyota became the world's largest automobile manufacturer. This clearly demonstrates the power of work ethics and disciplined progress. Toyota is credited to have introduced a revolutionary approach known as 'lean production'. The lessons you will learn in this book can be applied in your own organisation.
