I was hired by Toyota Motor Manufacturing KY (TMMK) in 1988 at the start up of the first North American Toyota plant, worked ten years on the production floor from hourly to management then moved on to Human Resources as a trainer/Sensei. The creator of GTS6 + E3=DNA (Formula for Leadership Standardized Work) I worked one-on-one with Japanese trainers from Toyota Motor Corporation and was certified by the Toyota Institute in Japan in the 8 step Toyota Business Practices Problem solving. I have over 460 hours training in Toyota Philosophy / Lean Implementation Thinking / Continuous Improvement Thinking / Lean Tools / Mold Changeovers / Improving Lead-time and Productivity throughput / A3 Thinking and Writing / Standardized Work/ Strategy Deployment (Hoshin) / Kanban / Value Stream Mapping / TWI and JIT / Visual Management/ Visual Control / Leadership Development / On the Job Coaching / Landcruiser Manufacturing Simulation-TPS / Gemba Walks / Level Loading Inventory/ Inventory Reduction / True North - Values and Principles of Culture / Root Cause analysis and Countermeasure Development and Toyota Production System. Ernie Richardson and I created our business Teaching Lean Incorporated in 2003--now we travel all over the U.S. teaching and implementing Lean Transformation in various industries. Joined the faculty at The Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) lean.org in 2008. Teaching Lean Inc facilitates private sessions, lean summits, speaking engagements, Gemba Walks, Problem Solving Kaizen activities and conferences. We work with AME and Lean Frontiers. I contribute on The Lean Post lean.org/theleanpost . I also contribute to theleanedge.org. Please check out my blog at http://blogspot.thetoyotagal.com . Follow me on twitter @Tracey_san