Toyota Production System and Lean
Toyota Motor Corporation Executives: Left to right, Kiichiro Toyoda (1894–1952), Eiji Toyoda (1913–2013), Taiichi Ohno (1912–1990), Dr. Edwards Deming (1900–1993)
Source: Jay Fortenberry
Keep Cars Moving, Maintain Quality, and Promote Efficiency
Kiichiro Toyoda established the company that would later become Toyota Motor Corporation. During his tenure he nurtured the processes of Just in Time (JIT)* that would become one of the main pillars of the Toyota Production System (TPS). In the early 1950s, E. Toyoda visited Ford Motor. He decided to adopt the American method of mass automobile production, ...
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