Taiichi Ohnos Workplace Management: Special 100th Birthday Edition (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING) Hardcover – 16 January 2013

Very poor internal paper quality. Though the main hardcover looks solid and impressive.It's NOT written by mr. Taichi.It's an assembly of his sayings to interviews and his statements made to the various media.English-language quality very poor and not well written. Editor / author highly incompetent.Material very ordinary and nothing suggests that this has something to do with the top notch Toyota production system that people rave about. You'll be SHOCKED to note that this can't be the same person who formulated the TPS.Save your cash.

For those who want to savor the wisdom of kaizen lean from the Source

Leerlo es adentrarte en el pensamiento del maestro OHNO.Y esta edición es la de la conmemoración centenaria.Vale mucho la pena.

Really good book

libro molto interessante e utile per chi vuole capire e utilizzare concetti molto avanzati di organizzazione del lavoro spiegati da chi li ha ideation e messi in pratica contribuendo in modo essenziale al successo di Toyota.

If you're involved in manufacturing management (or anything similar) this is a must-read.This is by no means a textbook or manual, but is an enlightening collection of memoirs from the man who originated what became known as the Toyota Production System, later expanded on under a cloud of buzzwords by others into 'lean manufacturing' etc etc.This book won't tell you everything you need to know or give you any impressive diagrams to put in a presentation, but will give you practical examples of solving real world problems, and some principles to put in your mental toolkit.To compare to Taylor's 'scientific management', Taylor treats the workforce like cattle to be herded, while Ohno treats them as valued colleagues to be guided and supported.I have genuinely found this book quite useful in managing a factory; the approaches to problems, to staff and to efficiency discussed are very applicable today in most industries, and have helped enormously in improving productivity (2x!) and quality (rejects down 90%) here while building a good relationship with the staff.