UID:
edocfu_9961554623002883
Format:
1 online resource (xix, 143 pages)
Edition:
1st edition
ISBN:
1-000-05649-X
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1-000-05648-1
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0-429-27301-0
Uniform Title:
Toyota seisan hōshiki.
Content:
In this classic text, Taiichi Ohno--inventor of the Toyota Production System and Lean manufacturing--shares the genius that sets him apart as one of the most disciplined and creative thinkers of our time. Combining his candid insights with a rigorous analysis of Toyota's attempts at Lean production, Ohno's book explains how Lean principles can improve any production endeavor. A historical and philosophical description of just-in-time and Lean manufacturing, this work is a must read for all students of human progress. On a more practical level, it continues to provide inspiration and instruction for those seeking to improve efficiency through the elimination of waste.
Note:
Translation of: Toyota seisan hōshiki.
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1. Starting from need -- The oil crisis opened our eyes -- Slow growth is scary -- "Catch up with America" -- Just-in-time -- Using a common-sense idea -- Give the machine intelligence -- The power of individual skill and teamwork -- Cost reduction is the goal -- The illusion of Japanese industry -- Establishing a production flow -- Production leveling -- In the beginning, there was need -- A revolution in consciousness is indispensable -- 2. Evolution of the Toyota production system -- Repeating why five times -- Complete analysis of waste -- My plant-first principle -- Writing the standard work sheet yourself -- Teamwork is everything -- The skill of passing the baton -- An idea from the U.S. supermarket -- What is kanban? -- Incorrect use causes problems -- The talent and courage to rethink what we call common sense -- Establishing the flow is the basic condition -- Use your authority to encourage them -- Mountains should be low and valleys should be shallow -- Challenge to production leveling -- Production leveling and market diversification -- Kanban accelerates improvements -- Carrying carts as kanban -- The elastic nature of kanban -- 3. Further development -- An autonomic nervous system in the business organization -- Provide necessary information when needed -- The Toyota-style information system -- Fine adjustment -- Coping with changes -- What is true economy? -- Re-examining the wrongs of waste -- Generate excess capacity -- The significance of understanding -- Utilizing the full work system -- Do not make a false show -- Required numbers are all-important -- The tortoise and the hare -- Take good care of old equipment -- Look straight at the reality -- 0.1 worker is still one worker -- Management by Ninjutsu -- In an art form, action is required -- Advocating profit-making industrial engineering -- Surviving the slow-growth economy -- 4. Genealogy of the Toyota production system -- A global world around us -- Two extraordinary characters -- Learning from the unyielding spirit -- Toyotaism with a scientific and rational nature -- Provide good equipment even if the factory is simple -- Pursuit of a Japanese-style production technique -- Making products that have value -- A chessplayer's view -- In search of something Japanese -- Witnessing a dialectic evolution -- 5. The true intention of the Ford system -- The Ford system and the Toyota system -- Small lot sizes and quick setup -- The foresight of Henry Ford -- Standards are something to set up yourself -- Prevention is better than healing -- Is there a Ford after Ford? -- Inverse conception and business spirit -- Getting away from quantity and speed -- 6. Surviving the low-growth period -- The system raised in the high-growth period -- Raising productivity during low growth -- Learning from the flexibility of ancient people.
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In English and Japanese.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-915299-14-3
Language:
English
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