The Toyota Way

The 14 principles of Toyota Way

•Adekunle KEHINDE
•He yi
•Charvat Martin
The Toyota Way
•Vanhala Aleksi
 Contents
• History

• Principles of the Toyota way

– Section 1: Long term philosophy
– Section 2: The right process will produce
the right results
– Section 3: Add value to your organization
by developing your people
– Section 4: Continuously Solving Root
Problems Drives Organizational Learning

• Video

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 History
• Kiichiro Toyoda – first director
of Toyota
• 1933 – founded as
department of
Toyoda Automatic Loom
Works
• 1935 – prototype of the
first car
• 1937 – department became
independent as
Toyota Motor Company

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 Toyota production system
• 1938 – Just-in-time launched
in Toyota
• Used inside the company
• System is being improved all
the time
(Kaizen philosophy)
• All systems developed and
used in Toyota
(JIT, Kanban)
• Philosophy of TPS
• 14 Principles of the Toyota
Way

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 Section 1

LONG TERM
PHILOSOPHY

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 Principle 1
Base your management decisions on a
long-term philosophy, even at the
expense of short-term financial goals.

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 Section 2

The Right Process

Will Produce the
Right Results

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 Principle 2
Create a continuous process flow to
bring problems to the surface.

Principle 3
Use “pull” systems to avoid over-
production.

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 Principle 4
Level out the workload (heijunka).
(Work like the tortoise, not the hare.)

Principle 5
Build a culture of stopping to fix
problems, to get quality right the first
time.

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 Principle 6
Standardized tasks and processes are
the foundation for continuous
improvement and employee

Principle 7
Use visual control so no problems are
hidden.

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 Principle 8
Use only reliable, thoroughly tested
technology that serves your people
and processes.

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 Section 3

Add Value to the

Organization by
Developing Your

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 Principle 9
Grow leaders who thoroughly
understand the work, live the
philosophy, and teach it to others.

Principle 10
Develop exceptional people and teams
who follow your company’s philosophy.

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 Principle 11
Respect your extended network of
partners and suppliers by challenging
them and helping them improve.

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 Section 4

Continuously Solving
Root Problems Drives
Organizational

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 Principle 12
Go and see for yourself to thoroughly
understand the situation (genchi
genbutsu).

Principle 13
Make decisions slowly by consensus,
thoroughly considering all options;
implement decisions rapidly
(nemawashi).

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 Principle 14
Become a learning organization
through relentless reflection (hansei)
and continuous improvement (kaizen).

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 Video Clip

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 Thanks for your attention

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