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Toyota production system : beyond large-scale production / Taiichi Ohno ; foreword by Norman Bodek.

By: Ōno, TaiichiMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Productivity Press, c1988. Description: xix, 143 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0915299143 ; 9780915299140Subject(s): Production controlDDC classification: 658.5 LOC classification: TS157 | .O5713 1988Online resources: Worldcat details | Ebook Fulltext
Contents:
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 TOC
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Translation of: Toyota seisan hōshiki.
Originally published 1978 in Japan.
Endpapers are timelines from 1945 to 1975.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

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 TOC

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