Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production system: The Toyota Production system has long been considered as the source of Toyota’s outstanding performance as a manufacturer. The distinctive practices of the system especially Kanban and quality circles have been widely used elsewhere. Companies that have tried to adopt the Toyota Production System can be found in diverse fields. However‚ what is surprising is that only a few manufacturers have succeeded in imitating Toyota successfully even though
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www.hbrreprints.org Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System by Steven Spear and H. Kent Bowen Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 1 Article Summary 2 Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications 12 Further Reading The Toyota story has been intensively
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Observation‚ hypothesis testing and prediction. Analytical Critic Many manufacturing industries such as aerospace‚ consumer products‚ metals processing and industrial products had tried to adopt the TPS in their factories. But they have failed and get frustrated. The essence of the TPS could be in the system itself‚ the connections‚ activities and production flows. Also the great flexibility of their operations and this push the system to innovate and improve. The scientific method plays an
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“Decoding Neanderthals” Neanderthals are an extinct species shown as our ancestors.They began to disappear 40‚000 years ago as Homo sapiens came on the scene. They are a branch of the human family tree and are considered to have been primitive with no verbal language. Many believe them to have a lack of intelligence but science is proving the theory wrong. History shows Neanderthals as undeveloped humans‚ but the possibilities of their lifestyle being more advance than the lifestyle of modern
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Decoding culture What objects and behaviors are symbolic in this case? What are the important rituals in which these symbols are used? Are there any special languages or vocabularies‚ verbal or non verbal‚ which are used in this case? Upon entering a culture‚ the first thing one is likely to see is the symbols‚ objects or behaviors that convey a specific meaning to the people who share a culture. Though the focus is on the Mien culture‚ it is important to recognize that this case is about two
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Candidate name: Date: |Assessment criteria | | |show awareness of how a learner’s background‚ previous learning experience and learning style affect learning | | |identify the learners’ language needs. | | |correctly use terminology relating to the description of language systems.
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Toyota Production System Basics What are the main pillars of TPS? 1. Standardization 2. Just in Time Manufacturing 3. Lean Kaizen 4. Jidoka or Autonomation 5. Total Productive Maintenance TPS Objectives Reduce cost by the elimination of waste- good products that are safer and lower in cost. Make it easier to obtain and guarantee good quality. Based on teamwork and respect for human life‚ create a workplace where all can fulfill their potential. Build a lean production
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(ERP) and Transaction Processing System (TPS). Why do some companies use ERP? According to Aleksey Osintsev ‚ business software applications are designed for fast changing dynamic environments just Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Most of the times‚ they are built on an architecture that for fast and easy execution. Any change in the system setup or data structure is implemented but must reflect business realities. [Osintsev (2011)] What is TPS and why do companies use it? According to
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Presentation on Stuart Hall’s “Encoding/decoding” Hall‚ Stuart. “Encoding/decoding.” Culture‚ Media‚ Language. Ed. Stuart Hall et al. New York: Routledge‚ 1980. 128-138. Hall begins by pointing out that traditional research on communication has been critcised for being too linear by interpreting communication as a mere “circulation circuit” (128). He asserts that a better approach‚ conceptualised by Marx‚ is one which encompasses additional distinctive aspects of communication so that the
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10 Encoding/decoding* Stuart Hall Traditionally‚ masscommunications research has conceptualized the process of communication in terms of a circulation circuit or loop. This model has been criticized for its linearity - sender/message/receiver for its concentration on the level of message exchange and for the absence of a structured conception of the different moments as a complex structure of relations. But it is also possible (and useful) t o think of this process in terms of a structure produced
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