ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Takehiko Harada
Joined Toyota Motor Corporation in 1968 in the machine department.
Learned the Toyota Production System (TPS) by doing it. Experience within Toyota includes machine department head, project general manager of the Operations Management Consulting Division (Toyota’s TPS deployment group), and head of engineering works.
Became the president of Toyota’s Taiwan Operations in 1999.
Became a director of Toyota Motor Corporation in 2000.
Became president of Chuo Spring, an automotive parts manufacturer, in 2005.
Retired in 2010. Currently is tirelessly showing company leaders how to use TPS to create great working environments, ...
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