Rather the power behind TPS is a company’s management commitment to continuously invest in its people and promote a culture of continuous improvement. - Jeffrey K. Liker

Toyota’s success, in short, is not rooted in its application of a standard “lean” methodology to manufacturing, nor can it be found in any internally implemented equivalent of Six Sigma. Instead, it is rooted in its leaders. More specifically, it can be found in the approach that a Toyota leader takes, seeing self-development and training others as the only possible path, not only for finding the right solution for the problem at hand, but for constantly and consistently improving performance day after day.

Ownership means once I detect a problem I own it. I am responsible for it.

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