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Essay / Influences on the Toyota Production System - 1213
“Do not assume that the original problem statement is necessarily the best, or even the correct, statement. »[1]The Toyota production system was influenced by production systems. of the United States, mainly the Ford production system. Ford's production system was very profitable because it implemented mass production which reduced manufacturing costs. The same system would not have worked for Toyota, which is a Japanese company, because customer needs are different and resource availability is also limited. It was therefore necessary for the architects of Toyota Production System to design their model according to the interests of Japanese culture. This led to the design of a system in which mass production of different vehicle types was achieved at low cost and with minimal waste, unlike the Ford system in which large-scale production of a few models helped to reduce costs. failures, it is important that all participants know not only what happened and how it happened, but also why. »[1]A production system is a combination of many processes and steps, it is important that all workstation operators have an idea of the work to be done, the number of products to be deployed, etc. In the Toyota production system, this is controlled by a system called Kanban. Kanban is a signaling system for implementing just-in-time (JIT) production[3]. Kanban is like a piece of paper that contains information for particular operators about what needs to be done, how much, how long, etc. Thanks to this system, all workstations are well informed about what needs to be done. This reduces failures (gaps) and most importantly, there will be no overproduction, which is very important in manufacturing....... middle of paper ...... When there is a high growth, manufacturing efficiency does not need to be very high as shown in the Ford production system where profits were made by mass producing large numbers of fewer types of cars. They were able to sell these cars if economic growth was good and everyone wanted to buy a car. During the development stages of the Toyota Production System, the Japanese economy experienced slow growth, which prompted the architects to develop the system in such a way that it would be profitable even under slow and high growth. growth. They introduced concepts like production leveling, just in time, Kanban system and many more to have a competitive edge over their competitors in any given situation in the future. The Toyota production system has the ability to learn and adapt to future concerns, it uses information from the external environment to optimize and grow.. [6]