1 Introduction -- 2 Acceptance of the Ford Production System by Japanese Manufacturing Industries -- 3 The Foundation … of the Japanese Automobile Manufacturing Industry: Attempts to Adopt Ford’s Production System -- 4 Establishing Flow … Production at Toyota: Collecting the Data on Shop Floors and its Use -- 5 Findings of Two Toyota Executives -- 6 The Emergence of …

This book utilizes historical evidence to describe the development of the Toyota Production System (TPS). The … development of TPS typifies the transformation of production control in interchangeable industries in the twentieth century. Much … perspectives. Many researchers consider TPS distinct from American mass-production systems. Although TPS (and, more generally, the …