Toyota Methods and Operating Models

Stefano Cortiglioni is the Toyota Lean Academy Italy Director and a senior specialist in T.P.S and regional manager of Toyota Material Handling Europe. International Consultant optimizing business processes, He was formerly Operations Director at Toyota Material Handling Manufacturing, and General Manager of LTE Italy. Leonardo Salcerini is the Managing Director of Toyota Material Handling Italia, President of Toyota Service Centre, Bologna, President of MBT, Chairman of the Academy and Logistics Solutions, Toyota Material Handling Italia, Bologna. Danilo Verga is an international consultant working in business transformation through Toyota methods and practices.

Section - ONE: From CESAB to Toyota Material Handling Manufacturing Italy;


Chapter - 01: The Toyota Group;
Chapter - 02: The History of CESAB;
Chapter - 03: The product;
Chapter - 04: From Push to Pull;
Chapter - 05: The production lines;
Chapter - 06: The model;
Chapter - 07: The 2S (Seiri and Seiton);
Chapter - 08: The Logistics;
Chapter - 09: The organisation of Toyota;
Chapter - 10: Standardisation;
Chapter - 11: Quality;
Chapter - 12: Visual Management;
Chapter - 13: Kaizen and efficiency;
Chapter - 14: Starting from the bottom up;
Chapter - 15: Examples of the implementation of TPS in other organisations;
Chapter - 16: Monozukuri and Hitozukuri (important men at the centre of the transformation);
Chapter - 17: Toyota and Business;
Chapter - 18: Kaizena and Financial Results;
Chapter - 19: TPS and Industry 4.0;


Section - TWO: The implementation of the Toyota Way into commercial processes and sales operations;


Chapter - 20: The Toyota Academy;
Chapter - 21: Problems faced, interviews with central figures;
Chapter - 22: The Italian market;
Chapter - 23: The Toyota Way, values, interpretations and lean;
Chapter - 24: The new model A.C.C.E.S.S;


Section - THREE: Appendices