Mike Rother

For the German experimental musician and composer, see Michael Rother.

Mike Rother is a researcher who introduced the widespread business practices of Value Stream Mapping and Toyota Kata (Improvement Kata + Coaching Kata). He has been affiliated with the Industrial Technology Institute (Ann Arbor), the University of Michigan College of Engineering, the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (Stuttgart), and the Technical University Dortmund.

Publications

Learning to See: Value Stream Mapping to Add Value and Eliminate MUDA (1999), with John Shook
VSM Participant Guide for Training to See: A Value Stream Mapping Workshop (2000), with John Shook
Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results (2009)
Creating Continuous Flow: An Action Guide for Managers, Engineers and Production Associates (2013)

Awards

Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Research, 1999, 2003 and 2011
Association for Manufacturing Excellence Hall of Fame, 2013

External links

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 40274945 ISNI: 0000 0000 7102 5118 SUDOC: 081575866

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