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    Toyota Motor Company Operation/Quality Research Report

    Running head: TOYOTA MOTOR COMPANY OPERATIONS/QUALITY RESEARCH REPORT 1 Toyota Motor Company Operations/Quality Research Report TOYOTA MOTOR COMPANY OPERATIONS/QUALITY RESEARCH REPORT 3 Table of Contents Abstract 2 Introduction-Company History 4 Company’s Orientation 5-6 Operations Management 7-9 Lean Systems 9-12 Managing Quality 12-14 Improvements in

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    Toyota 2008

    SUMMARY In 2008, Toyota was ranked the world’s number one in motor vehicle production volume with more plants opening in Canada, USA and Mexico. Due to the worldwide recession, Toyota sales dropped tremendously, thereafter. Beginning in early 2010 Toyota’s sales, and stock price dropped again due to accelerator and brake problems with a number of their cars. People were afraid to drive and purchase the 2010 Prius as the brake problems occurred mainly in this line of car. Toyota was no longer ranked

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    Planning/Assessing Production for Toyota North America

    Planning/Assessing Production for Toyota North America Executive Summary The Toyota Production System (TPS) is an integrated approach to work design that was developed and implemented by Toyota. The key characteristic of this system is that it takes into account the interactions that occur between technology and the human counterparts, which include employees, suppliers and customers. At its core, the TPS is a direct reflection of Toyota's management style and practices. The following summary

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    Bis U112151 Cases

    CASE – 1: SMART SYSTEMS AND SMART WAYS OF WORKING HELP TOYOTA BECOME NUMBER ONE Q1: Which of the strategic objectives are met with Toyota’s IS implementations? The Strategic Objectives that are met with Toyota’s IS implementations are: * To emerge into a brand known for quality and reliability. * To become skillful at combining quality with efficiency. * To deliver value to the customer at a competitive price. * To only build cars based on what and when the customers want, without

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    The Seven Deadly Wastes of Logistics: Applying Toyota Production System Principles to Create Logistics Value

    August, 2007   The Seven Deadly Wastes of Logistics: Applying Toyota Production System Principles to Create Logistics Value Joel Sutherland Managing Director Center for Value Chain Research Lehigh University, 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015 E-mail: jos206@lehigh.edu Bob Bennett President Lean Consulting Associates, LLC, and Group Vice President (retired) Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. 16 Deerhill Drive Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 E-mail: bobben1@cox.net CVCR White Paper #0701

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    Nummi - the Company

    sabotage, such as putting empty bottles inside car doors to annoy customers. GM and Toyota had formed NUMMI as a joint venture to satisfy imperatives for both companies; GM needed to learn how to manufacture small cars cost effectively, with high quality standards, and Toyota to learn about producing cars in the US in the face of changing import laws. Some of the American workers were sent to Japan to learn the Toyota Production System, and the results were remarkable. In a massive turnaround, NUMMI

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    Tm Manufacture

    Toyota Motors Manufacturing 1. As Doug Friesen, what would you do to address the problem? Where would you focusyour attention and solution efforts? A. If I were in Doug Friesen’s shoes, I would address seat problems. Currently, production level is decreasing due to seat problems; as a result, it leads to the increase of over-time works and lead-time. The major problem discussed in the case is improper seat quality management in KFS. According to Exhibit 7, most of the seat problems consisted

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    Process Improvement

    MBA 6022 Strategic Operations Management U02a1 Process Improvement Natasha Lynch Problem Statement Growth at the Toyota Motor Company skyrocketed with the opening of new subsidiaries from India and China to the U.S. and Brazil, which led to a strain on the company’s resources leading the company to misread the market, produce faulty products and to build underutilized plants. A program known as Construction of Cost Competitiveness for the 21st century was also introduced, to cut

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    Toyota Motor Manufacture

    1. Consider the principles of the Toyota Production System (TPS, which the rest of the world calls just-in-time or lean operations). How do its pieces fit together into a strategic capability? In particular, what are the roles of quality, and of the various activities Toyota pursues to improve quality? Waste reduction is at the top of the TPS architecture. The methods that help support the goal of waste reduction are JIT (just-in-time) and quality improvement methods. Both require standardization

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    Toyota Motor Manufacturing

    Operations Management Bonus: Case #5 Toyota Motor Manufacturing, USA, Inc. Case Questions: 1. As Doug Friesen, what would you do to address the seat problem? Where would you focus your attention and solution efforts? 2. What options exist? What would you recommend? Why? 3. Where, if at all, does the current routine for handling defective seats deviate from the principles of the Toyota Production System? 4. What is the real problem facing Doug Friesen? 1. In addressing the seat problem

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