Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Kaizen, Just in Time, Toyota Production System (TPS), Total Quality Management (TQM) and many others.
With hundreds of business improvement books on the market, the author cuts through the lack of information and presents the ideas that were originally used to implement these business philosophies. He introduces the reader to the first 6 rungs of the ladder that they probably didn’t know they were missing.
Without using the information presented here the implementation of most business philosophies can not live up to their complete potential.