Check : identifying gaps on the path to success

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- 1. BASICS Lean Implementation Model-Check -- Check Principles -- The House of Continuous Improvement -- Brief History of the Toyota House Model -- Purpose of a Model -- Toyota House Model -- Just in Time: The First Pillar -- Going Direct to Retailers: P&G Goes JIT in the 1920S -- Jidoka: The Second Pillar of the Toyota Production System -- Difference between an Error and a Defect -- Jidoka at Toyota -- Toyota Tools to Obtain Jidoka