Lean Production Techniques, the new Henry Ford: why his techniques worked and why it does not work as well today. Abstract This paper takes a closer look into lean production techniques and how drastically they have changed since the Industrial Revolution. It looks into the time when Henry Ford was successful in creating and implementing the concept of the assembly line, why it worked and how it is doing today. It will explore the concepts of General Motors and what they did to overtake Ford
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Case #5 (Optional) Bohuan Yu Toyota Motor Manufacturing Co. 1. As Doug Friesen, what would you do to address the seat problem? Where would you focus your attention and solution efforts? If I was Doug I would look at when the seat problem began. When Toyota introduced the new wagon model along with eight other seat variations compared to the original five. Also, volume increased significantly as demand did. Now the plant was producing for the world market, Europe and Japan/Middle East added
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QUESTION ONE Toyota South Africa has moved into a new era in vehicle manufacturing in South Africa as a fully-fledged member of the Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) global production network. Following a five year multi-billion Rand plant modernisation and revitalisation programme Toyota’s Prospecton manufacturing facility, just south of Durban, boasts the latest in world class automotive manufacturing technologies. Many of these are proprietary TMC systems only recently released for use in Toyota plants
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For this discussion, review the case study Toyota Motor Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc. (1995) by Mishina and the article "What Really Happened to Toyota?" by Cole (2011). Then, respond to the following questions: * If you were Doug Friesen, manager of assembly at the company's Georgetown, Kentucky, plant, what would you do to address the seat problem? Where would you focus your attention and solution efforts? As Doug Friesen, my first instinct would be to question the quality control of the plant
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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 almost
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QUESTIONS WITH EMBEDDED ANSWERS Which of the following statements about the Kanban System are accurate? I. Deploying the Kanban system leads to pulling work through the system instead of pushing work. II. Deploying the Kanban system leads to pushing work through the system instead of pulling work. III. The Kanban system controls the work in process inventory. IV. The seats in the Toyota case discussed in class were ordered using the Kanban process V. Kanban
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By doing this, it allows management will follow a technique called master scheduling. The master scheduling permits management to establish targets for the demand, production and ending inventories. Having these targets will direct the companies to keep track of forecasted demands, booked orders, projected inventory levels, production quantities and units still available to meet customer needs otherwise known as available to promise. (Bozarth & Handfield, 2008, p.479) While viewing the Realco
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Introduction Toyota has demonstrated along its history to be a high tech car manufacturer company, leader in manufacturing reliable and high quality cars. The rest of the car manufacturers adopted Toyota’s production philosophy, the well-known TPS. The continuous rivalry with the rest of the car manufacturers and the aggressive growth strategy combined with a cost reduction plan caused Toyota to overlook quality issues which caused a very serious problem known as “The Accelerator Crisis” This
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Toyota's Production System: Life in the Fast Lane? Overview: The Toyota Production System has long been hailed and admired as the source of Toyota’s outstanding performance as a manufacturer. TPS aims to eliminate waste, reduce defects and maximize flow. TPS aims to increase efficiency and productivity by employing a unique production system that cuts costs through continuous improvement. Long term goal is to yield sharp reductions in product development and manufacturing lead times. Toyota want to
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