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by Taiichi Ohno
Toyota Production System
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Publisher’s Foreword
Preface to the English Edition
A Comment on This Book
A Note on Japanese Names
1 Starting from Need
The Oil Crisis Opened Our Eyes
Slow Growth Is Scary
“Catch Up with America”
Just-In-Time
Using a Common-Sense Idea
Give the Machine Intelligence
The Power of Individual Skill and Teamwork
Cost Reduction Is the Goal
The Illusion of Japanese Industry
Establishing a Production Flow
Production Leveling
In the Beginning, There Was Need
A Revolution in Consciousness Is Indispensable
2 Evolution of the Toyota Production System
Repeating Why Five Times
Complete Analysis of Waste
My Plant-First Principle
Writing the Standard Work Sheet Yourself
Teamwork Is Everything
The Skill of Passing the Baton
An Idea from the U.S. Supermarket
What Is Kanban?
Incorrect Use Causes Problems
The Talent and Courage to Rethink What We Call Common Sense
Establishing the Flow Is the Basic Condition
Use Your Authority to Encourage Them
Mountains Should Be Low and Valleys Should Be Shallow
Challenge to Production Leveling
Production Leveling and Market Diversification
Kanban Accelerates Improvements
Carrying Carts as Kanban
The Elastic Nature of Kanban
3 Further Development
An Autonomic Nervous System in the Business Organization
Provide Necessary Information When Needed
The Toyota-Style Information System
Fine Adjustment
Coping with Changes
What Is True Economy?
Re-Examining the Wrongs of Waste
Generate Excess Capacity
The Significance of Understanding
Utilizing the Full Work System
Do Not Make a False Show
Required Numbers Are All-Important
The Tortoise and the Hare
Take Good Care of Old Equipment
Look Straight at the Reality
0.1 Worker Is Still One Worker
Management by Ninjutsu
In an Art Form, Action Is Required
Advocating Profit-Making Industrial Engineering
Surviving the Slow-Growth Economy
4 Genealogy of the Toyota Production System
A Global World Around Us
Two Extraordinary Characters
Learning from the Unyielding Spirit
Toyotaism with a Scientific and Rational Nature
Provide Good Equipment Even If the Factory Is Simple
Pursuit of a Japanese-Style Production Technique
Making Products That Have Value
A Chessplayer’s View
In Search of Something Japanese
Witnessing a Dialectic Evolution
5 The True Intention of the Ford System
The Ford System and the Toyota System
Small Lot Sizes and Quick Setup
The Foresight of Henry Ford
Standards Are Something to Set Up Yourself
Prevention Is Better than Healing
Is There a Ford after Ford?
Inverse Conception and Business Spirit
Getting Away from Quantity and Speed
6 Surviving the Low-Growth Period
The System Raised in the High-Growth Period
Raising Productivity During Low Growth
Learning from the Flexibility of Ancient People
Postscript to the Original Japanese Edition
Glossary of Major Terms
Editor’s Notes
About the Author
Index
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