Chiarini, Andrea; Baccarani, Claudio; Mascherpa, Vittorio - In: The TQM Journal 30 (2018) 4, pp. 425-438
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to compare principles from the original Toyota Production System (TPS), the Toyota Way 2001 and Kaizen philosophy with principles derived from Japanese Zen Buddhism. The paper would also like to enlarge the debate concerning some lessons learnt from...