Inside the Mind of Toyota: Management Principles for Enduring Growth [Hardcover]

Satoshi Hino (Author)

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Publication Date: November 28, 2005 | ISBN-10: 1563273004 | ISBN-13: 978-1563273001 | Edition: 1

Winner Of The 2007 Shingo Prize For Excellence In Manufacturing Research!

Toyota's sustained growth attracts the attention of economists and industrialists around the world eager to learn the secrets of Toyota's lasting success.

In Inside the Mind of Toyota: Management Principles for Enduring Growth, Satoshi Hino examines the source of Toyota's strength: the fundamental thinking and management structures that lie beneath the creation of its famed Toyota Production System. From the perspective of a professional with 30 years experience in the auto industry, Hino presents a fresh and detailed analysis of Toyota's essential management system, from its very beginnings into the 21st century.

The ultimate goal is not simply to mimic Toyota's formula, but to learn from it and, in doing so, surpass it.

From the Translator's Foreword:

"Unlike most Toyota watchers, Hino urges us to set our sights not on replicating Toyota's success, but on surpassing it. This point is crucial, because it moves our attention away from slavish imitation of what is visible on the surface and challenges us to tap into deeper and more powerful mechanisms of excellence.

"This is not a cookbook and it is not 'Toyota Lite.' It deserves serious study, application and experimentation. Learn how Toyota thinks, Hino is telling us. Learn Toyota's strengths, make them your own and then exceed them."

—Andrew Dillon,September 2005

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Born in 1945, Satoshi Hino earned a degree in engineering at Tohoku University and joined a major Japanese automotive manufacturer in 1968. He worked in research and development of engines until 1987. In 1988, he transferred to the administrative (staff) section of the R&D Department to take charge of activities focused on improving product development and management systems.

Hino founded Integrated Management Intelligence Institute (IMAGINE) in 2001. He authored the paper "Modular Design Approach for Wide Variation Products and Narrow Variation Parts," which received the Excellent Paper Award in 2001 sponsored by All Japan Management Efficiency Federation.

In February 2003 he was awarded The Prize for Encouragement of Research by The Japan Knowledge Management Academy. In 2004, Hino became a professor at Hiroshima University, in the Graduate School of Social Sciences, Department of Management Studies. The author has spent more than 20 years researching the subject of this book.

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• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Productivity Press; 1 edition (November 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563273004
• ISBN-13: 978-1563273001
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
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4.0 out of 5 stars The philosophy of constant improvement translated into principles, December 22, 2011

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This review is from: Inside the Mind of Toyota: Management Principles for Enduring Growth (Hardcover)

Aware of the importance of constant improvement Toyota has developed its own principles for evaluating the effectiveness of work processes and quality control. By implementing such principles it is possible to quickly adapt the complex production system to changing market trends and constantly improve the work processes.

The principles described in the book could be applied not only in car industry but many other sectors as well.