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Toyota production system : an integrated approach to just-in-time/

Monden, Yasuhiro, 1940-

Toyota production system : an integrated approach to just-in-time/ Yasuhiro Monden. - 2nd edition. - London : Chapman & Hall, 1994. - xvii, 423 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-417) and index.

Part I: Total system -- Total framework of the toyota production system -- Part II: Subsystems -- Adaptable Kanban system maintains just-in-time production -- Supplier Kanban and the sequence schedule used by suppliers -- Smoothed production helps toyota adapt to demand changes and reduce inventory -- The information system between toyota, its dealers and parts manufacturers -- Computer control system in an automobile factory -- How toyota shortened production lead time -- Reduction of setup time - concepts and techniques -- Practical procedure for reducing setup time -- Standard operations can attain balanced production with minimum labor -- Machine layout, multi-function workers, and job rotation help realize flexible workshops -- Improvement activities help reduce the work force and increase worker morale -- 5S - Foundation for improvements -- "Autonomous defects control" assures product quality -- Functional management to promote company-wide quality control and cost management -- Part III: Quantitative techniques -- Sequencing method for the mixed-model assembly line to realize smoothed production -- New sequence scheduling method for smoothing -- Determining the number of Kanban pertinent to the alternative withdrawal systems -- Computer system for Kanban system support -- Numerical analysis for productivity improvement -- Part IV: Implementation -- Review of Kanban system principles -- Prerequisites to implementing the toyota production system -- Applying the toyota production system overseas.


Translation of: Shin Toyota shisutemu.

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Production management--Japan.
Automobile industry and trade--Production control.--Japan
Toyota automobiles.

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