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Step 7: Follow Up and Standardize

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Advanced•4 min read•November 5, 2025

Step 7 - Follow Up and Standardize: Coaching Points

Coaching and Reflection The Spirit of Follow-Up The deeper you go into Toyota’s history, the more you realize that its system did not appear through design...

Intermediate•4 min read•November 5, 2025

Step 7 - Follow Up and Standardize: Common Pitfalls

What Good Looks Like (and Common Pitfalls) Context At its best, Step 7 is the living expression of Toyota’s historical follow-up pattern: real problems...

Beginner•4 min read•November 5, 2025

Step 7 - Follow Up and Standardize: Overview

Overview – Why It Matters In Step 6 we verified whether our countermeasures worked — logic met reality, and results confirmed learning. Step 7 asks the next,...

Intermediate•5 min read•November 5, 2025

Step 7 - Follow Up and Standardize: Tools and Methods

Tools and Methods Context and Caution Before naming tools, it’s important to remember the foundation: All of TPS depends on technology, behavior, and...