This course describes leadership behaviors critical to the successful implementation of Lean in any organization. Lean, made famous by the Toyota Production System (TPS), is an organization-wide ...

Principles of the Toyota Production System – often referred to generically as “lean manufacturing” – have since been embraced by schools, hospitals, banks and insurance companies.

More a Japanese philosophy. Pioneered by Toyota in the 1950s, it's known today as lean production. James May:And it has a simple goal: to completely eliminate waste from the production system.