Author: Naida Grunden
Publisher: Productivity Press
Keywords: using, toyota, based, methods, care, patient, way, efficient, healthcare, improving, pittsburgh
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2007-11-30
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1563273675
ISBN-13: 9781563273674
Documents the many successes of the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) member hospitals, who have successfully applied industrial principles that make patients safer and employees more satisfied.
Author: Robert Chalice
Publisher: ASQ Quality Press
Keywords: methods, steps, improvement, second, production, lean, healthcare, using, toyota, improving
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2007-04-28
List price: $36.75
ISBN-10: 0873897137
ISBN-13: 9780873897136
What differentiates this book from other healthcare improvement books is that it is the only currently available book that presents a simple recipe of 46 lean steps for healthcare providers to reduce cost and improve quality. By taking these straightforward steps, healthcare providers can adopt the same lean methods which have enabled companies like Toyota to become so successful. The first part of the book explains cost and quality issues facing U.S. healthcare. From that understanding, the second part then teaches healthcare providers a 46-step recipe to reduce costs and improve quality by
Author: Michael N. Kennedy
Publisher: Oaklea Pre
Keywords: four, times, productive, implement, system, toyota, development, lean, enterprise, product
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1892538180
ISBN-13: 9781892538185
Whether a group of engineers is developing new cars, software applications, aerospace equipment, kitchen appliances, controls, sensors, or any of hundreds of different items, the process they follow is pretty much the same. Except in one company -- Toyota, perhaps the most innovative and highly respected car company on the planet. What is most startling is that Toyota s product development engineers are four times as productive as their counterparts in other companies, according to a study by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences. Most follow a linear process in developing new product
Authors:Durward K. Sobek II., Art Smalley,
Publisher: Productivity Pre
Keywords: pdca, management, system, toyota, component, thinking, critical, understanding
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 2008-03-07
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1563273608
ISBN-13: 9781563273605
Winner of a 2009 SHingo Research and Professional Publication Prize. Notably flexible and brief, the A3 report has proven to be a key tool In Toyota’s successful move toward organizational efficiency, effectiveness, and improvement, especially within its engineering and R&D organizations. The power of the A3 report, however, derives not from the report itself, but rather from the development of the culture and mindset required for the implementation of the A3 system. In other words, A3 reports are not just an end product but are evidence of a powerful set of dynamics that is referred to as A
Authors:James M. Morgan, Jeffrey K. Liker,
Publisher: Productivity Press
Keywords: people, process, technology, integrating, system, product, development, toyota
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2006-03-25
List price: $43.95
ISBN-10: 1563272822
ISBN-13: 9781563272820
The ability to bring new and innovative products to market rapidly is the prime critical competence for any successful consumer-driven company. All industries, especially automotive, are slashing product development lead times in the current hyper-competitive marketplace. This book is the first to thoroughly examine and analyze the truly effective product development methodology that has made Toyota the most forward-thinking company in the automotive industry. In The Toyota Product Development System: Integrating People, Process, and Technology, James Morgan and Jeffrey Liker compare and co
Author: Robert Chalice
Publisher: ASQ Quality Press
Keywords: production, methods, steps, improvement, lean, toyota, rising, healthcare, costs, using, stop
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2005-06-01
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 0873896572
ISBN-13: 9780873896573
What differentiates this book from other healthcare improvement books is that it is the only one currently available that presents a simple recipe of 38 lean steps for healthcare providers to reduce cost and improve quality. By taking these straightforward steps, healthcare providers can adopt the same lean methods which have enabled companies like Toyota to become so successful. The reader will learn to: understand and implement a 38-step recipe to reduce healthcare costs and improve quality at healthcare providers by using Toyota Lean Production methods; understand cost and quality issues
Author: Ryoji Ihara
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
Keywords: modernity, identity, asia, floor, factory, assembly, line, view, toyota
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 2007-09
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 187684342X
ISBN-13: 9781876843427
