It will be interesting to see if Toyota can apply rapid continuous improvement cycles to building winning NASCAR cars after starting in the truck series:
“‘It was very easy for us to kind of apply the Toyota production system model to building trucks and building tooling and making it more of a production-type system where we can build a lot of them, can build them very consistent, very high-quality, and cut a huge amount of cost.'”
Mark Graban
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker who has worked in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups. His latest book is Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More. He is author of the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, as well as The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen. He also published the anthology Practicing Lean that benefits the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation, where Mark is a board member. Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.