The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses · chapter 4 · id the-lean-startup-c4-04-the-toyota-production-system-t

“The Toyota Production System (TPS) directly inspired the lean startup methodology, creating a lineage from manufacturing lean to startup lean.”

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TPS is a production system focused on eliminating waste (muda), unevenness (mura), and overburden (muri) in manufacturing processes.

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Lean production is a multi-dimensional approach that encompasses a wide variety of management practices. The translation from manufacturing to knowledge work involves significant abstraction losses.

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Inspired by lessons from lean manufacturing, it relies on validated learning, rapid scientific experimentation.

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