Toyota's Improvement Thinking from the Inside: From Personal Transformation to Organizational Transformation [Paperback]

Chapter 1  The TPS way to personal and organizational transformation?Chapter 2  Technical systems, values, and a culture of improvement?Chapter 3: Problem-solving  Oh, the places youll go?Chapter 4: Continuous improvement (C.I.) implementation in other organizations (manufacturing, healthcare, education)

The book is written for a wide audience so that readers outside of manufacturing organizations can understand the broad applicability of the Toyota way. In addition, It is written succinctly to help readers and practitioners focus their transformation efforts.

Sarah K. Womack is a distinguished researcher and consultant in the field of Industrial Engineering. Her Ph.D. in the department of Industrial & Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor focused on the intersection of lean manufacturing practices and ergonomics. She has published peer-reviewed articles, presented as guest speaker at conferences and universities, and facilitated copious workshops on lean manufacturing. She has established herself as a leading scholar and consultant of one of the worlds most coveted management systems, the Toyota Production System. She spent eight years on a journey in various leadership roles of learning by doing under some of the worlds greatest lean thinkers at Toyota. Applying Toyotas management thinking, she consults across an array of industries with an innovative and practical approach to continuous improvement, organizational transformation, and operational excellence - coaching at every level from the C-suite to the shopfloor. She continues to learn and collect a patchwork of stories to teach and inspire others on their operational excellence journeys. In addition to her writing, consulting, and speaking engagements, Sarah is passionate about traveling the world and lc¥