This is the “green book” that started it all — the first book in English on JIT, written from the engineer’s viewpoint. When Omark Industries bought 500 copies and studied it companywide, Omark became the American pioneer in JIT. Here is Dr. Shingo’s classic industrial engineering rationale for the priority of process-based over operational improvements [...]
The fourteen Management Principles in the Toyota Way which guides the company irrespective of what the produce to attain operational excellence.
Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it is inviting four outside experts to help beef up quality control at the recall-battered automaker under a program that began in March to review defect measures.Toyota said it was tackling a number of improvements, including analyzing each accident and consumer complaint more thoroughly and boosting communication with journalists and other outsiders to be better at ensuring quality.
Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., said he has spent the last year apologizing for the automaker’s missteps and now hopes to lead the company past its recall crisis and restore confidence in its vehicles.
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