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        Kanban Case Studies

Kanban Case Studies

Toyota vs. The Entire US Auto Industry

Each produced ~10m vehicles in 2023

2x

Profit

Toyota made $34bn net income in 2024.
The entire US auto industry made $17bn.

13x

Shock Resilience

In 2008, the big 3 lost $40bn and got bailouts.
Toyota lost $3.3bn and stayed solvent.

48x

Capital Efficiency

Toyota has 1 hour of supplies on the line.
US Auto: 2 Days - Avg. American MFG: 30 Days

It's not just Toyota. Kanban slashes lead times across businesses and sectors.

The most surprising thing about Kanban is how unsurprising these results are

33%

Phase 2 Medical Devices

37%

Agile Software Development


85%

Sequencing the Human Genome

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