Dr. Jeffrey Liker is an award-winning author, professor, operations engineer, company president, and expert in Toyota kata. He wrote the book — literally: The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer.
Mike Rother is an award-winning researcher, teacher, and speaker, specializing in Toyota kata. His passion for improvement kata has led him to develop a Kata in the classroom program to bring these concepts to middle and high school kids.
Tom Root is a managing partner at Zingerman’s Mail Order, where he implemented lean principles fifteen years ago. Zingerman’s Mail order is the only food industry business in the world using Toyota Lean in their daily operations.
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