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Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale ProductionIn association with Amazon.comby: Taiichi Ohno  List Price: $49.95 Amazon.com's Price: $49.45 You Save: $0.50 ( 1%)as of 10/10/10 08:47 d Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 629.2340685 EAN: 9780915299140 Edition: 1st Edition. ISBN: 0915299143 Label: Productivity Press Languages: Manufacturer: Productivity Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 152 Publication Date: March 01, 1988 Publisher: Productivity Press Studio: Productivity Press Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Here's the first information ever published in Japan on the Toyota production system (known as Just-In-Time manufacturing). Here Ohno, who created JIT for Toyota, reveals the origins, daring innovations, and ceaseless evolution of the Toyota system into a full management system. You'll learn how to manage JIT from the man who invented it, and to create a winning JIT environment in your own manufacturing operation. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Learn what of Lean applies to your businessOhno explains the evolution of the Toyota Production System in such a way that the reader can see which of its tenets apply to their particular situation. Get more information about Lean Manufacturing and Lean Repair at [...] Rating: - Very good presentation of lean manufacturingAn excellent overview of the main concepts of lean manufacturing: finding waste, JIT, kanban, production leveling, flow, automation with a human touch, reduced set-up times, the "5 why", etc. Explanations are to the point and easy to understand. What makes this book unique is that the author was THE pioneer who brought most of these concepts to life. In the last chapters of the book he does a good job at putting his approach in perspective with earlier developments at Toyota, Ford, and ... Read More Rating:  - A good history book if you are interested in the subjectThis won't take the place of more how-to types of book on the subject, but it is good as historical context to understand where the tools came from. Really helpful as a way to cut through some of the current misinterpretations of the TPS. Rating: - Far 'beyond large-scale production'The book is a first hand account of how Toyota Motor Company started after WW2 to become the leading manufacturer in the world. Through the book Taiichi Ohno highlight facts that will be contrary to the belief held by many western managers about the Toyota Production System (TPS): Toyota actually had severe labour resistance and strikes, the sole goal is to reduce costs by reducing labour (no lifetime contracts) and the burden of carrying inventory is not just shifted to suppliers. From ... Read More Rating: - THE TPS BOOKA book by the man who developed the system. This and Workplace Management are a must have, for the person who wants to learn TPS. You won't find a recipe for TPS in this book. Its size does not refect its depth. This book is for the "doer". I've read it several times and refer to it often. It has become my learning companion Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display 
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