In 2004, Dr. Jeffrey Liker, a University of Michigan professor of industrial engineering, published The Toyota Way. In his book, Liker calls the Toyota Way "a system designed to provide the tools for people to continually improve their work." According to Liker, there are 14 principles of The Toyota Way that can be organized into four themes: (1) long-term philosophy, (2) the right process will produce the right results, (3) add value to the organization by developing your people, and (4) continuously solving root problems drives organizational learning. The 14 principles are further defined in the Wikipedia article on The Toyota Way.
In 2004 Dr Jeffrey Liker a University of Michigan professor of industrial engineering published The Toyota Way In his book Liker calls the Toyota Way "a system designed to provide the tools for people to continually improve their work" According to Liker there are 14 principles of The Toyota Way that can be organized into four themes (1) long-term philosophy (2) the right process will produce the right results (3) add value to the organization by developing your people and (4) continuously solving root problems drives organizational learning The 14 principles are further defined in the Wikipedia article on The Toyota Way