Rodger Lewis recounts Toyota's early years of manufacturing in the U.S.

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Tags: manufacturing, continuous improvement, lean manufacturing

Rodger Lewis was one of the first 12 American managers hired at Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America and their Georgetown, Ky., plant. In the following years, Rodger learned deeply the production system of the Japanese automaker that would lead the company to eventually become the world's largest automotive manufacturer in the world.