The Toyota Production System has long been hailed as the source of Toyota’s outstanding performance as a manufacturer. The system’s distinctive practices—its kanban cards and quality circles ...

The practice runs completely counter to the famed Toyota Production System (TPS) philosophy, which the auto manufacturer introduced to cut down on wasteful production methods, and helped it become ...

How does the Toyota production System provide a cost advantage for Toyota? It is thanks to Toyota's ability to reduce waste in all stages of production that its products are of high quality and ...

Spear, Steven, and H. Kent Bowen. "Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System." Harvard Business Review 77, no. 5 (September–October 1999): 96–106. (Winner of Shingo Prize for Excellence in ...

Toyota stands by its recent announcements ... a throttle control motor, a throttle position sensor and the engine control module (ECM). The components were seen as an overall improvement in ...

Almost every year, whenever my clients visit the Toyota Kaikan Museum in Toyota City, Aichi, we are often reminded of many basic lessons about the Toyota Production System, which includes a ...