"a provocative new book" — The New York TimesAI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and deliver value.Now with a new preface that explores how the coronavirus crisis compelled organizations such as Massachusetts General Hospital, Verizon, and IKEA to transform themselves with remarkable speed, Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani show how reinventing the firm around data, analytics, ...

Jidoka is one of the main pillars of the TPS. The TPS is presented as a house with two pillars. One pillar represents just-in-time (JIT), and the other pillar the concept of Jidoka. Take away any of the pillars holding up the roof, and the entire system will collapse. Take out quality, and there is no TPS. Jidoka is a principle of building quality for customers—not inspecting quality. Building quality mean making it right the first time. If you are making defective products or using unacce...

Stop failures before they happen—master FMEA the right way.Whether you're designing a product, improving a process, or leading a Six Sigma team, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is one of the most powerful tools you can use to anticipate and prevent risk.This practical guide cuts through the jargon and shows you exactly how to use FMEA effectively—in ...

Gemba is a Japanese word meaning the actual place where value-creating work happens. Many leaders use gemba only for solving problems, visiting only when there is an issue. Others practice gemba walks on a daily basis to follow up and monitor the situation. However, Toyota believes that leaders truly develop through daily experiences at the gemba. In reality, gemba is a principle for managing, developing and improving people and processes. It is a valuable tool that helps lean practitioner...

Help your company adapt to the new rules of competition.If you read nothing else on creating value with business platforms and ecosystems, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you reap the rewards of multisided platforms (MSPs)—or defend your company against these formidable opponents.This book will inspire you to:Assess the threat of dis...

Takt time is calculated as the amount of manufacturing time that is available divided by the volume of orders. In the 1930s, the German aviation industry employed Takt for the first time as a production management tool. The idea was widely used within Toyota in the 1950s, and by the late 1960s, it had been adopted by the majority of the Toyota supplier base. Every month, Toyota assesses the takt for a process, with a modifying review occurring every 10 days. Takt time is used to properly b...

Eliminate the Hidden Costs Dragging Your Business DownWhat if the biggest losses in your company weren't in the balance sheet—but in everyday operations?This book reveals the Seven Deadly Wastes (Muda) defined in the legendary Toyota Production System (TPS)—and shows you how to find and eliminate them in any organization. Whether you work in manufacturing, logistics, services, or healthcare, these wastes silently kill productivity, p...

Gemba is a Japanese term meaning "the real place"—the location where value-creating work actually happens. Many leaders misunderstand it, visiting the gemba only to solve problems when something goes wrong. At Toyota, however, gemba is much more than reactive problem-solving; it is a cornerstone of leadership development.True gemba practice involves daily walks to observe, learn, and engage with both people and processes. It allows leaders to see the actua...

Many businesses say that lean failed to meet their long-term objectives and that the improvements it brought about were only temporary. When businesses utilize lean as a toolkit, copying and pasting the methodologies without trying to adapt the employee culture, manage the improvement process, maintain the outcomes, and grow their leaders, 7 out of every 10 lean projects fail. The primary objective when the Toyota production method was developed was to eliminate wastes from the shop floor ...

In order to cut costs during the economic downturn, many businesses are implementing abstinence policies. This could mean laying off workers and cutting some wages. In fact, those actions might only work for a short time.Unless the company implements a culture of continuous improvement and alters its method of operation, the situation may recur and become even worse. This brings us back to the purpose for which the Toyota production system was developed.Waste is anything that uses ...

Boost Manufacturing Performance by Mastering OEEIs your equipment running at peak efficiency—or costing you money in hidden losses?In Overall Equipment Effectiveness Simplified, you'll learn how to uncover and eliminate the hidden inefficiencies in your production line using one of the most powerful metrics in manufacturing: OEE.This hands-on guide will help you:

Take your network automation skills to the next level with practical recipes on managing network devices from a variety of vendors like Cisco, Juniper, and AristaKey FeaturesUse Ansible to automate network infrastructure with the help of step-by-step instructionsImplement network automation best practices to save cost, avoid critical errors, and reduce downtimeDeliver a robust automation framework by integrating Ansible with NAPALM, NetBox, and...