Mike Rother (born 1958, Michigan, USA) is an American researcher. He introduced the widespread business practices of ''

Value Stream Mapping Value-stream mapping, also known as "material- and information-flow mapping", is a lean-management method for analyzing the current state and designing a future state for the series of events that take a product or service from the beginning of ...

'' and Toyota Kata (Improvement Kata + Coaching Kata). He has been affiliated with the Industrial Technology Institute (

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), the

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, the

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for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (

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), and the Technical University Dortmund.

Publications

* ''Learning to See: Value Stream Mapping to Add Value and Eliminate MUDA'' (1999) * ''Creating Continuous Flow: An Action Guide for Managers, Engineers and Production Associates'' (2001) * '' Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results'' (2009) * ''The Toyota Kata Practice Guide: Practicing Scientific Thinking Skills for Superior Results in 20 Minutes a Day'' (2017) * ''Toyota Kata Culture: Building Organizational Capability and Mindset through Kata Coaching'' (2017)

Awards

* Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Research: Research and Professional Publication Award, 1999, 2003 and 2011 * Association for Manufacturing Excellence Hall of Fame, 2013

References

External links

* Entry at Google Schola

* Entry at Research Gat

* Entry at University of Michigan

* Entry at WebMi

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rother, Mike 1958 births People from Michigan American business theorists American business writers University of Michigan faculty Technical University of Dortmund faculty Living people