Andy and Me, Second Edition: Crisis and Transfo, Dennis..

Taylor & Francis

Emphasizes practicality and a can do attitude in the face of the various challenges, big and small. This title contains study questions that highlight critical leadership lessons and includes corresponding notes that provide up-front guidance. > \nSecond Edition of a Shingo Prize Winner \nBased on the author's personal experience with Toyota\uFFFDs master teachers and with companies in the midst of great change, Andy and Me: Crisis and Transformation on the Lean Journey, now in its second edition, is a business novel set in a failing New Jersey auto plant focusing on the tribulations of Tom Pappas, the plant manager. The situations, characters, and plant politics will ring true with many readers. \nIn a cool, readable style, this highly popular work follows Tom's relationship with Andy Saito, a reclusive retired Toyota guru whom Tom persuades to help save his plant through the teaching of the legendary Toyota Production System (TPS). \nOn this journey, the reader learns that TPS i.