Toyota Motor was ramping back production at its Japan-based factories on Wednesday after a computer system processing orders for vehicle parts broke down on Tuesday, forcing the closure of 14 ...

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 Manufacturing Research ...

This is a testament to the Toyota Production System, which continuously refines even the tiniest details of individual auto parts. Over untold iterations, the beam has been designed to keep the ...

The Toyota Production Systems Lab provides hands-on education in state-of-the-art production systems. Particular emphasis is placed on teamwork, problem solving, and process improvement by studying ...

This alliance focuses on cost reduction, lead time shortening, and establishing a mass production system for rockets. Interstellar Technologies CEO Takahiro Inagawa said: “Woven by Toyota ...

Taiichi Ōno. "Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production." Pages 27-29. Productivity Press, 1988.

The recent widespread shutdown at Toyota group’s assembly plants exposed a vulnerability in its hallmark “lean” production system, which minimizes inventory. It took 10 days for Toyota’s ...

It uses the same column of digital icons along the left side of the screen as Toyota's Audio Multimedia System. The less production-ready system looks, well, less production-ready. But as with the ...