Background: There are various manufacturing methods and systems in automobile
industries throughout the world. Of these, many practice lean manufacturing methods.
The most effective and influential to all of these methods is the “Toyota Production
System” (TPS). The TPS was invented by Toyota's founding fathers in 1930 in Japan. The
TPS continuously evolves making it a benchmark for the manufacturing, product
development or any other sector of industry. It is fully based on “Socio-Technical”
systems in a continuously changing manufacturing environment. It is about learn
through doing and also about tacit knowledge and not explicit procedural knowledge.
Outcome: The Toyota Production System is called “The Toyota Way” and it actually
gives you a roadmap or more of a compass to set your direction and helps you steer
your own course. Toyota has internally developed simple but effective tools and
consistently trains their team members to implement those in all aspects of
manufacturing and designing their vehicle. For example, Toyota has developed Kaizen or
continuous improvement through which they eliminate waste that adds cost without
adding value no matter how small it is.
Toyota is known for the quality of their products. Not surprisingly their product is made
at a significantly lower price within a given segment of the auto market. It is a result of
hard work, innovation, and a Japanese work culture of generations at Toyota all across
the world.
Conclusions: Through theoretical analysis backed by my personal observations as an
employee and from the sales figures of Toyota automobiles, I firmly believe that Toyota
backs up its philosophy of long term benefits over short term financial goals. The right
processes will produce right results. It is also one of the top companies among their
group of long term suppliers as Toyota challenges them and helps them to improve.
Initial quality and customer satisfaction surveys of J.D.Powers and Associates for Toyota
and Lexus vehicles have won numerous awards since 2001. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/ETD-UT-2011-08-4290 |
| Date | 07 November 2011 |
| Creators | Vyas, Kewalkumar Chandrakant |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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