2nd Tour of Toyota in San Antonio, Texas | Mark Graban

Toyota Tundra powertrain assembly in San Antonio, TX
Toyota Tundra powertrain assembly in San Antonio, TX

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Blog post at Lean Blog :

“…The plant has performance measures, safety crosses, Kaizen improvements, training schedules, team pictures, and all sorts of information posted everywhere. Our tour guide said, “We love visual management here” — and that includes information sharing.  The boards were all labeled “FMDS”  – or “Floor Management Development System” (see a quick description of it here from a book). That label seems to illustrate Toyota’s focus on developing people… interesting thought that what some people might call “metrics boards” aren’t just for managing and improving company performance, but they’re also for improving people….”

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