{"id":3316,"date":"2020-09-02T16:21:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T16:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10003\/store\/uncategorized\/the-birth-of-lean-conversations-with-the-founders-of-tps-2\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T23:48:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T03:48:34","slug":"the-birth-of-lean-conversations-with-the-founders-of-tps-2","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/store\/book\/the-birth-of-lean-conversations-with-the-founders-of-tps-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Birth of Lean: Conversations with the Founders of TPS"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a fascinating look at the origins of lean, written in the words of the people who created the Toyota Production System (TPS), including Taiichi Ohno and Eiji Toyoda. Through personal interviews and annotated talks, you will hear first-person accounts of what these innovators and problem-solvers did and why they did it. You\u2019ll read rare commentaries that explain the interplay of (sometimes opposing) ideas that created a revolution in thinking.<\/p>\n

Many books that describe TPS imply there was a master plan to create a company-wide improvement system. But as the lean pioneers in The Birth of Lean<\/em> explain, there was no master plan\u2014TPS came about through experimentation, trial and error, and an evolution of ideas that shaped Toyota\u2019s structure and management system.<\/p>\n

The Birth of Lean<\/em>\u00a0gives you a glimpse inside the thinking of the TPS creators and innovators:<\/p>\n