The Elegant Solution: Toyota's Formula for Mastering Innovation
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (916 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743290178 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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May was challenged to translate the Toyota Production System into a company-wide process to cultivate creative ideas at every level of the company and convert those ideas to solid value for customers buying a Toyota automobile. All rights reserved. May, a senior advisor with the University of Toyota, reveals how Toyota's philosophy of team-based innovation and creative business practices has made this -postindustrial manufacturing company a winner. according to the New York Times--a fact that would have been unthinkable just a decade ago. From Booklist Toyota is now one of the top three car companies in the U.S. Gail WhitcombCopyright © American Library Association. A formula of three principles and 10 practices drives Toyota's creativity, with a reported one million ideas from its employees being implemented each y
A tactical guide for team-based innovation, THE ELEGANT SOLUTION delivers the formula to the three principles and ten practices that drive business creativity. And organizations all over the world want to learn how they do it. At once a thought-shaper, a playmaker, and a taskmaster, THE ELEGANT SOLUTION is a practical field manual for everyone in corporate life.. Dozens of case studies (from Toyota and other companies) illustrate the power and universality of these concepts; a unique 'clamshell strategy' prepares managers to ensure organizational success. One million. Innovation isn't just about technology - it's about value, opportunity and impact. Now Matthew May, Senior Advisor to the University of Toyota, reveals how any company can create an environment of every day innovation and achieve the elegant solutions found only on the far side of complexity. When a company embeds a real discipline around the pursuit of perfection, the sky is the limit. That's how many new ideas the Toyota organization receives from its employees every year. These ideas come from every level of the organization - from the factory floors to the corporate suites
May is a longtime Toyota business partner, holding a key advisory role with the University of Toyota for more than eight years. A graduate of The Wharton School and Johns Hopkins University, he lives with his wife and daughters in Southern California, where he is an avid cyclist. . Matthew E. As a master Toyota instructor
The Elegant Solution is a practical guide to innovation I highly recommend his book to all who want to practice innovation as a way of doing business. In the foreword, Kevin Roberts writes that Toyota is "the quintessential postindustrial organization" which has "a highly structured and systematized culture that is also a hotbed of individual creativity." Matthew May was hired by Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. to design and deliver education for the University of Toyota that would translate the innovative methods of the Toyota Production System into something that could be used by knowledge workers. It took May five years to accomplish the process. According to May, at Toyot. Thinking At Anohter Level "Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away". This quote from Antoine de Saint Exupery is included in "The Elegant Solution" and perfectly sums up the premise.I would hate to classify this as just a lean book because I think it can have value for non-lean organizations since innovation is needed everywhere. For the people who have practiced Lean, this book is of value because it taps into something important - CREATIVITY.I enjoyed the constant theme for innovation through the balance between science and art.I appreciate the structure of the book for chapters s. Golden Lion said Ingenuity in craft, Pursuit of perfection, and Fit with society. I've spent a year studying Toyota Production System. There are a lot of myths about productivity. Simply stated: trust the individual to generate ideas; keep the solution within the correct context; focus on incremental and small improvements that have big impacts; and reduce the complexity organization to facility better cooperation and communication. Fight bureaucracy structures that stifle creativity and innovation. Competing for the future means creating the right solutions that bring satisfaction and improvement to the lives of those that use it.Powerful innovation goes where the action resides; workers take the resp