The Evolution of the Toyota Production System

Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Wada, Kazuo (Author)
Institution som forfatter: SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:XIII, 166 p. 11 illus., 4 illus. in color.
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Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Udgivelse:1st ed. 2020.
Serier:Studies in Economic History,
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Online adgang:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4928-1
Format: Electronisk Bog
Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Acceptance of the Ford Production System by Japanese Manufacturing Industries
  • 3 The Foundation of the Japanese Automobile Manufacturing Industry: Attempts to Adopt Ford’s Production System
  • 4 Establishing Flow Production at Toyota: Collecting the Data on Shop Floors and its Use
  • 5 Findings of Two Toyota Executives
  • 6 The Emergence of Flow Production at Toyota
  • 7 Quality and its Assurance
  • 8 Computerization of the Management of Toyota as a Group
  • 9 Conclusion.