The Toyota Production System
By Jim FitzGerald
The Toyota Production SystemMay 21, 2021
Toyota Production System Competitive Advantages
The Toyota Production System is a 6+ Sigma System and has areas of competitive advantage. These are 5 of them.
Toyota Production System: Episode 10 Toyota Supplier Relations
Suppliers can be a key to your system's performance. This is how Toyota does it.
Toyota Production System: Episode 9 Toyota, Taiichi Ohno, andon, and Defect Removal
andon is such a strong tool but it has taken Toyota to it's leadership position and six sigma.
Toyota Production System: Episode 8 Toyota's Full Employment or No Layoff Policy
Toyota has a no layoff policy. It is a great policy but takes guts to put in place.
Toyota Production System: Episode 7 Seeking Perfection
Every business or government operates a system that should seek perfection.
The Toyota Production System: Episode 6 Push Pull Flow
A discussion on how services or products move between processes.
The Toyota Production System: Episode 5 Mapping Your Value Stream
How Toyota created Profound Knowledge of their Processes. A major key to Toyota's success.
The Toyota Production System: Episode 4 Low Level Organizational Structure
Organizational structure counts, Toyota operates with the minimal amount of employees on their assembly line.
The Toyota Production System: Episode 3 Standardize and Document
Every Business should Standardize and Document that Best Practice.
The Toyota Production System: Episode 2 Toyota's Road to 6+ Sigma Starts With Guiding Principles
Guidance supplies the direction to greatness. Every business should have their own as businesses are different. Toyota's are detailed and directed to the manufacture of cars. Even if you process insurance claims, review this for ideas.
The Toyota Production System: Episode 1 Current 6+ Sigma Operations
There are businesses running at Six Sigma including Toyota. Have a listen.