21 results (expanded search) for "the-toyota-way"
Administrative
Team Skill Matrix
Draw a table: rows = team members, columns = skills, cells = competence 1-4.
Administrative
Cross-Training Rotation
Rotate every team member to shadow a peer in a different role for a full week each quarter, not a token single day.
Professional
Personal Kanban
3 columns.
Social
5-Whys Drill on a Deep Conflict
Ask "why?" five times on a recurring fight's root — discover the real cause.
Administrative
Fifteen-Minute Standing Meeting
Convert your daily meeting to 15 minutes standing, three questions per person, then dismiss.
Administrative
Five Whys for Every Recurring Problem
Don't treat symptoms. Ask why five times to reach the root cause.
Administrative
Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) Cycle
Improve any process via a weekly four-stage loop: Plan, Do, Check, Act.
Administrative
Go to the Gemba
Don't analyze a problem from your desk. Go where it happens and observe 30 minutes before suggesting a fix.
Administrative
Morning Huddle
Open each day with 10 minutes standing: each person's top priority today and any blockers.
Administrative
Plus/Delta Review at Meeting's End
Last 3 minutes: what worked? What do we improve next meeting?
Administrative
The 5 Whys for Root Causes
For each problem, ask "why?" five times in a row to reach the root cause.
Administrative
Three-Layer SOP Design
Each SOP: one-line title, 7-step checklist, then reference details.
Administrative
Weekly Gemba Walk
Go to the workplace, observe yourself, ask "why" 3 times, don't intervene.
Administrative
Batch-to-Single-Piece Flow
Instead of processing 50 in one batch, process 1 then pass — faster, fewer errors.
Administrative
Compute Takt Time
Customer beat: if demand is 8 units in 8 hours, takt = 1 hour per unit.
Administrative
Value Stream Map for One Process
Map every step a task passes through end-to-end, marking value-add versus non-value-add.
Administrative
5S Workplace Organization
Sort, Set-in-order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain — five steps turning clutter into visual order.
Administrative
Kaizen Blitz Week
Dedicate five full days for a focused team to solve one problem at the root — not an hour-a-week meeting for months.
Administrative
The Andon Cord: Everyone's Stop Authority
Give every employee the right to halt the process instantly upon spotting a defect, without waiting for manager approval.
Administrative
Fast-Response Suggestion System
Collect improvement suggestions from staff, but the critical rule: respond within 48 hours to every one — no neglected box.
Administrative
Standard Work as the Improvement Baseline
You cannot improve what isn't first documented as a standard — document today's best-known method before searching for a better one.