Dr. Jeffrey Liker on The Toyota Way
In a live Internet broadcast on Thursday, May 18, 2006, Dr. Liker engaged in a thought-provoking interview with Senior Editor Traci Purdum from Industry Week, expounding on Dr. Liker’s research and insights into the underlying principles that drive Toyota’s culture of excellence and continuous improvement. In addition, representatives from Johnson Controls Automotive Division and Factory Logic discussed their successes in embracing lean production methods and implementing an information technology infrastructure that supports a lean operations environment.
Sponsored by SAP, in association with Intel and
HP. Listening time is about one hour.
About the Speakers
Dr. Jeffrey Liker, Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering, Univeristy of Michigan
Dr. Liker will expound on his research and insights into the underlying principles that drive Toyota's culture of excellence and continuous improvement. He will address questions as they relate to Toyota production principles and business in today's competitive marketplace.
Jim Pell, Sr. VP and General Manager of Global Operations, Johnson Controls, now retired
Jim will discuss the approach taken by Johnson Controls Automotive division, a $19 billion tier-one supplier and industry leader in the automotive supply chain and how lean manufacturing processes supported by SAP and Factory Logic have been a key to their success. He will address the use of software to lock in gains in continuous improvement and to provide a consistent support environment for the rapid deployment of lean.
Allan Wilson , CEO Factory Logic
Allan will expand upon the specific functionality of the Factory Logic Lean Operations Suite and the TPS operating model and how these tools integrated with SAP support any discrete manufacturing business environment- whether they be build-to-order, assemble-to-order, build-to-replenish or mixed model production.
