Toyota Production System

I Total System.- 1. Total Framework of the Toyota Production System.- II Subsystems.- 2. Adaptable Kanban System Maintains Just-In-Time Production.- 3. Supplier Kanban and the Sequence Schedule Used by Suppliers.- 4. Smoothed Production Helps Toyota Adapt to Demand Changes and Reduce Inventory.- 5. The Information System Between Toyota, Its Dealers, and Parts Manufacturers.- 6. Computer Control System in an Automobile Factory.- 7. How Toyota Shortened Production Lead Time.- 8. Reduction of Setup Time-Concepts and Techniques.- 9. Practical Procedure for Reducing Setup Time.- 10. Standard Operations Can Attain Balanced Production with Minimum Labor.- 11. Machine Layout, Multi-Function Workers, and Job Rotation Help Realize Flexible Workshops.- 12. Improvement Activities Help Reduce the Work Force and Increase Worker Morale.- 13. 5S-Foundation for Improvements.- 14. "Autonomous Defects Control" Assures Product Quality.- 15. Functional Management to Promote Company-Wide Quality Control and Cost Management.- III Quantitative Techniques.- 16. Sequencing Method for the Mixed-Model Assembly Line to Realize Smoothed Production.- 17. New Sequence Scheduling Method for Smoothing.- 18. Determining the Number of Kanban Pertinent to the Alternative Withdrawal Systems.- 19. Computer System for Kanban System Support.- 20. Numerical Analysis for Productivity Improvement.- IV Implementation.- 21. Review of Kanban System Principles.- 22. Prerequisites to Implementing the Toyota Production System.- 23. Applying the Toyota Production System Overseas.- Appendix 1: JIT Delivery System Can Ease Traffic Congestion and the Labor Shortage.- Appendix 2: Goals Coordination Method.- Appendix 3: Quantitative Analysis of Stocks in a JIT Multistage Production System Using the Constant OrderCycle Withdrawal Method.- Appendix 4: Quantitative Analysis of Lot Size in a JIT Production System Using Constant Order Quantity Withdrawal Method.