My guest today is Dr. Jeffrey Liker, Professor of Industrial and

Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. He is the

Director of the Japan Technology Management Program and co-Director of

the lean manufacturing program.

This will be the first of two podcast episodes with Dr. Liker. Today,

we discuss the transition from “lean manufacturing” to “lean

enterprise”, some of the challenges companies face in becoming lean,

and some of the methods that Toyota uses to further the Toyota

Production System.

Please visit www.leancast.org for show notes, links and more information.