Editing Toyota Production System (section)

===Continuously solving root problems drives organizational learning===
# Go and see for yourself to thoroughly understand the situation ([[Genchi Genbutsu]], 現地現物);
# Make decisions slowly by consensus, thoroughly considering all options ([[Nemawashi]], 根回し); implement decisions rapidly;
# Become a learning organization through relentless [[Human self-reflection|reflection]] ([[Hansei]], 反省) and continuous improvement and never stop ([[Kaizen]], 改善).

What this means is that it is a system for thorough waste elimination. Here, waste refers to anything which does not advance the process, everything that does not increase added value. Many people settle for eliminating the waste that everyone recognizes as waste. But much remains that simply has not yet been recognized as waste or that people are willing to tolerate.

People had resigned themselves to certain problems, had become hostage to routine and abandoned the practice of problem-solving. This going back to basics, exposing the real significance of problems and then making fundamental improvements, can be witnessed throughout the Toyota Production System.<ref>A study of the Toyota Production System, Shigeo Shingo, Productivity Press, 1989, p236</ref>

The principles of the Toyota Production System have been compared to production methods in the industrialization of construction.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=October 21, 2010|title=Construction as a manufacturing process? Similarities and differences between industrialized housing and car production in Japan|url=https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/4682302/mod_resource/content/1/Construction%20as%20a%20manufacturing%20process%20Similarities%20and%20differences%20between%20industrialized%20housing%20and%20car%20production%20in%20Japan.pdf|journal=Construction Management and Economics|access-date=June 2, 2021|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214059/https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/4682302/mod_resource/content/1/Construction%20as%20a%20manufacturing%20process%20Similarities%20and%20differences%20between%20industrialized%20housing%20and%20car%20production%20in%20Japan.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>