The Toyota Production System is a 6+ Sigma System and has areas of competitive advantage.  These are 5 of them.

Suppliers can be a key to your system's performance.  This is how Toyota does it.

andon is such a strong tool but it has taken Toyota to it's leadership position and six sigma.

Toyota has a no layoff policy.  It is a great policy but takes guts to put in place.

Every business or government operates a system that should seek perfection.

A discussion on how services or products move between processes.

How Toyota created Profound Knowledge of their Processes.  A major key to Toyota's success.

Organizational structure counts, Toyota operates with the minimal amount of employees on their assembly line.

Every Business should Standardize and Document that Best Practice.

Guidance supplies the direction to greatness.  Every business should have their own as businesses are different.  Toyota's are detailed and directed to the manufacture of cars.  Even if you process insurance claims, review this for ideas.