《中外管理》:“精益生产”是来自丰田生产体系,并对全球的制造业产生了影响。美国企业也在积极学习,甚至将其纳入管理工具中,您如何看待这种现象?佐佐木元:精益生产是美国学者对日本生产管理体系的总结,但是有些方面我并不同意。例如管理软件,强调的是管理人,而我们认为培养人才是精益管理的真理。 “Chugai Management”: “Lean Production” comes from Toyota’s production system and has an impact on the global manufacturing industry. What do you think of this phenomenon? Are American companies also actively studying and even including them in management tools? Zuo Zuoyuan: Lean production is the summary of the Japanese production management system by American scholars, but in some aspects, I do not agree. For example, management software, emphasis is on managers, and we think that training people is the truth of lean management.