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Thank you for visiting ArtofLean.com. This site was established in order to provide the ever growing audience of lean practitioners with some fundamental materials related to the Toyota Production System. I was fortunate early in my career to have worked for Toyota in Japan and I learned many valuable lessons. As possible I would like to share them with you. (More...)

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• Masao Nemoto Leadership Principles
  
• Fujio Cho Forbes Magazine Article
  
• Mikio Kitano TPS Speech
  
• Key Note Speech 2008 TWI Summit
  
• Comments in Assembly Magazine March 2008
  
• Mr. Fujio Cho comments on Toyota - BBC
  
• Toyota's MR-50 - Reliable Plant
  
• Industry Week Webcast July 18, 2007
  
• Learning From Toyota
  
• Eiji Toyoda On The Origins of TPS
  
• A Brief History of Set-Up Reduction
  
• TPS Timeline of Selected Events
  
• Mr. Miyazaki Interview on TPS Strength
  
• Toyota Kamigo Plant Tour Review
  
• Aishin Seiki Tour Review
  

New - Check out our new TPS History Section