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Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production Editorial Review:
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.
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Ohno 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.
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Very good presentation of lean manufacturing
An 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 GM.
A good history book if you are interested in the subject
This 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.
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 the principle of reducing waste in manufacturing Taiichi Ohno goes on to explain how many of the methods and procedures arose that are now synonymos with TPS (e.g. JIT, Kanban, flow, SMED). People already familiar with these concepts will appreciate the explanation of how they started and complement each other.
The book left an impression of Taiichi Ohno as a person deeply devoted to his country and countrymen, and that this is the source of his passion for manufacturing excellence. Although nationalistic he openly express his admiration for early American industry and include lengthy quotes from Henry Ford and Alfred Sloan, but he also highlight that TPS in many ways is the exact opposite of what Henry Ford's system of mass production has been turned into.
Among business books this is definitely one of my favourites and the insights and wisdom of Taiichi Ohno goes far 'beyond large-scale production.'
THE TPS BOOK
A 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
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