I used to think the field was everything.I worked in Japanese factories, right alongside the manufacturing process. Our motto ...

We know a Toyota Prius can reach ninety miles per hour, but how fast can the company’s management learn from its mistakes? Not fast enough, according to Akio Toyoda, CEO of Toyota, who recently ...

The real problems of a company lie in the workplace—finding the root cause that cannot be seen through numbers alone“Sales ...

Even at Toyota Motor Corp itself, when asked about automating more genchi genbutsu procedures, a spokesman said: "We are always looking at ways to improve our manufacturing processes, including ...

For many businesses, implementation of the Toyota Production System (TPS) requires many new concepts such as 5S, Kaizen, Asa-Ichi, Genchi-Genbutsu and Yamazumi charting. The implementation of these ...

This is a Japanese phrase meaning “go and see for yourself”, which is a central pillar of the Toyota Way, the famous management system adopted by the Japanese car company. Genchi genbutsu is sometimes ...

I read Lindsay Chappell's "Lockdown or not, you still need to take a look" (May 18) with much interest. The content of the column, including the closing paragraph, is excellent advice for everyone to ...

I originally wrote today’s post for Intradiem. It appeared on their blog on April 5, 2016. I’ve made minor updates since then. Toyota’s website defines genchi genbutsu as: going to the source to find ...

Toyota's widely imitated rulebook on how to build cars includes a lot of Japanese words that English-speaking auto executives have adopted over the years. Kaizen. Muda. Jidoka. Figure those words out ...