Toyota
1.0 Introduction
Toyota Motor Corporation which is also known as Toyota is one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturer. They always take the lead in production and sales. Headquarter of Toyota is in Aichi, Japan. The Toyota story begins when Sakichi Toyoda invented Japan’s first power loom. But the name was later changed to “Toyota” and was trademarked and registered on August 1937. The five main principles of Sakichi Toyoda are always be faithful to your duties, always be studious and creative, always be practical and avoid frivolousness, always strive to build a homelike atmosphere at work, and always have respect and be grateful for spiritual matters. Toyota’s global vision is to enrich living of people around the world with the most responsible and safest ways and lead the way to the future of mobility. Toyota is constant to innovation and quality through their commitment and aim to exceed expectations and be rewarded for a smile. Toyota Motor Corporation vehicle production system has become well known and studied worldwide which uses “lean manufacturing” or a “Just-in-Time (JIT) system”. The objective is to deliver vehicles ordered by customer in an efficient and fastest way based on many years of continuous improvement. The Toyota Production System is based on two concepts: Jidoka and Just-in-Time. Jidoka means the machines will safely stop automatically if defective parts or malfunction equipment is discovered. This could prevent defective products from being produced and as a result products which satisfy quality standard will be produced. Each operator can be confidently in charge of many machines resulting in higher productivity while continuous improvement leads to greater processing capacity. Just-in-Time means producing high quality products efficiently by making only the amount needed, what is needed and when it is needed. It eliminates waste, unreasonable requirements and inconsistencies on the production line. The vehicle is
Toyota Motor Corporation which is also known as Toyota is one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturer. They always take the lead in production and sales. Headquarter of Toyota is in Aichi, Japan. The Toyota story begins when Sakichi Toyoda invented Japan’s first power loom. But the name was later changed to “Toyota” and was trademarked and registered on August 1937. The five main principles of Sakichi Toyoda are always be faithful to your duties, always be studious and creative, always be practical and avoid frivolousness, always strive to build a homelike atmosphere at work, and always have respect and be grateful for spiritual matters. Toyota’s global vision is to enrich living of people around the world with the most responsible and safest ways and lead the way to the future of mobility. Toyota is constant to innovation and quality through their commitment and aim to exceed expectations and be rewarded for a smile. Toyota Motor Corporation vehicle production system has become well known and studied worldwide which uses “lean manufacturing” or a “Just-in-Time (JIT) system”. The objective is to deliver vehicles ordered by customer in an efficient and fastest way based on many years of continuous improvement. The Toyota Production System is based on two concepts: Jidoka and Just-in-Time. Jidoka means the machines will safely stop automatically if defective parts or malfunction equipment is discovered. This could prevent defective products from being produced and as a result products which satisfy quality standard will be produced. Each operator can be confidently in charge of many machines resulting in higher productivity while continuous improvement leads to greater processing capacity. Just-in-Time means producing high quality products efficiently by making only the amount needed, what is needed and when it is needed. It eliminates waste, unreasonable requirements and inconsistencies on the production line. The vehicle is
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