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“In Lieu of Money, Toyota Donates Efficiency to New York Charity”

NYTimes July 26, 2013

Toyota Production System

Optimise the whole, not the parts

Only as fast as the slowest part

Single piece flow rather than batch

Eliminate waste

Just in Time

small changescreate waiting area closer to trays

big resultswait time reduced from 90 to 18 minutes

Try - Measure - Learn loop

How does that apply to software development?

The Kanban Method

limit Work In Progress

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time to innovate and improve

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