Toyota Production System Concepts: Lean Culture: How Toyota Builds Daily Habits of Improvement and Engagement
About this eBook
That's not luck — it's Lean Culture.
In this practical guide, Dr. Mohamed H. Soliman explores how Toyota creates a culture where improvement is everyone's job — not through pressure, but through daily behaviors, leadership, and purpose.
You'll learn:
How to engage employees without micromanaging
How to turn Lean from a "project" into a way of life
How leaders build motivation, trust, and ownership
The real role of managers in sustaining Lean habits
Real examples of cultural transformation from the Toyota shop floor
Whether you're leading a team, a department, or a company-wide Lean journey — this book will help you build a culture where people improve because they want to.
Lean isn't just about tools — it's about people. And culture is your foundation.
About the author
Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman is an industrial engineer, consultant, university lecturer, operational excellence leader, and author. He works as a lecturer at the American University in Cairo and as a consultant for several international industrial organizations.
Soliman earned a bachelor of science in Engineering and a master’s degree in Quality Management. He earned post-graduate degrees in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management. He holds numerous certificates in management, industry, quality, and cost engineering.
For most of his career, Soliman worked as a regular employee for various industrial sectors. This included crystal-glass making, fertilizers, and chemicals. He did this while educating people about the culture of continuous improvement.
Soliman has lectured at Princess Noura University and trained the maintenance team in Vale Oman Pelletizing Company. He has been lecturing at The American University in Cairo for 8 years and has designed and delivered 40 leadership and technical skills enhancement training modules.
Soliman is a member at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers and a member with the Society for Engineering and Management Systems. He has published several articles in peer reviewed academic journals and magazines. His writings on lean manufacturing, leadership, productivity, and business appear in Industrial Engineers, Lean Thinking, Industrial Management, and Sage Publications. Soliman’s blog is www.personal-lean.org.
