A) Company Profile a) Historical Background TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (NYSE: TM) is a Japanese multinational automaker headquartered in Toyota‚ Aichi‚ Japan. It was founded in Japan on August 28‚ 1937. The company originally produced small cars and light trucks for consumption in Japan and for exports to other countries. The first Toyota retail dealership was opened on October 31‚ 1957 in Hollywood‚ CA. In 1980 a heavy United States import tax on vehicles forced Toyota to open a plant in
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problem solving and continuous improvement. Articles by practitioners‚ researchers‚ and participants have made the tools and techniques of continuous improvement familiar to every business executive. For example‚ phrases such as andon‚ heijunka‚ and kanban have become part of the day-to-day vocabulary of managers. In an insightful commentary on these tools and techniques‚ Jeffrey Liker writes that Toyota’s success goes beyond these tools and techniques to what he calls “The Toyota Way.” Liker presents
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Agile Digital Media Development Peter Looms Jeppe Kilberg Møller Claus Seeberg Friis Michael Kai Petersen Submission 3 – QQ Speech CIAM Consulting A/S Cihan Mert (s072642) Anders T. Sørensen (s103183) Michael Kjellerup Ibrahim Tareen (s091117) (s104018) 02814 Agile Digital Media Development CIAM Consulting A/S 11-05-2012 Table of content Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................
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Defining Product Quality What is TQM? Total Quality Management To improve quality‚ the entire supply chain organization must be involved Quality measurement is essential - management and improvement based on facts and data Defect = failure to satisfy the customer Process improvement philosophy takes hold - eliminate defects and reduce lead times Why is quality important? Costs & market share Company’s reputation Product liability International implications Improved quality Market Gains
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Kaizen The Japanese Strategy of Continuous Improvement What is Kaizen? Kaizen means "improvement". Kaizen strategy calls for never-ending efforts for improvement involving everyone in the organization – managers and workers alike. Kaizen and Management Management has two major components: 1. Maintenance‚ and 2. Improvement. The objective of the maintenance function is to maintain current technological‚ managerial‚ and operating standards. The improvement function is aimed at improving
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A Huge Production System Can Survive Forever? A Review of the Literature Marina Fajardo Professor Ellis Written Communication 60D 28 July 2014 A Huge Production System Can Survive Forever? A Review of the Literature Nowadays‚ General Motors is well known as a big company in the whole world. Since the foundation of the company the managers that work there need to make an effort to make profit and build the image of the company. General Motors is an automobile industry located
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Purchasing and Supply Chain Management The Purchasing Process Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Purchasing and Supply Chain Management‚ 3e Monczka/Trent/Handfield Thomson Learning Copyright 2005 1 Chapter Overview This chapter address the following topics and ideas associated with achieving world class efficiency and effectiveness: Purchasing objectives Purchasing’s responsibilities The purchasing process and role of eprocurement. Types of purchases Improving the purchasing process
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Value stream mapping: a sector based approach This paper was created on 01/05/2012 Gieljan Engelrelst Dimitri Van Nieuwenhove Industrial Engineering and Operations Research University of Ghent Belgium Gieljan.Engelrelst@ugent.be Industrial Engineering and Operations Research University of Ghent Belgium Dimitri.VanNieuwenhove@ugent.be Abstract—Value stream mapping is one of the most used tools in lean manufacturing. It’s a universal approach that can be used in many environments
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THIS PAGE IS BLANK Copyright © 2005 New Age International (P) Ltd.‚ Publishers Published by New Age International (P) Ltd.‚ Publishers All rights reserved. No part of this ebook may be reproduced in any form‚ by photostat‚ microfilm‚ xerography‚ or any other means‚ or incorporated into any information retrieval system‚ electronic or mechanical‚ without the written permission of the publisher. All inquiries should be emailed to rights@newagepublishers.com ISBN (10) : 81-224-2326-1 ISBN (13)
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