Toyota Production System 
         Toyota Production System 
                         (TPS)
                         (TPS)
                 “All About the People”
                 “All About the People”
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                    Goal of TPS
                    Goal of TPS
                   •Cost reduction
                     Cost reduction
                   •Improvement of 
                     Improvement of 
                     productivity
                     productivity
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         Technical Elements of TPS
         Technical Elements of TPS
           • Kanban
             Kanban
           • Just-in-time
             Just-in-time
           • Small lot delivery
             Small lot delivery
           • Jidoka or quality in the process
             Jidoka or quality in the process
           • Heijunka or leveling of demand
             Heijunka or leveling of demand
           • Visual control
             Visual control
           • 5S or clean, orderly worksites
             5S or clean, orderly worksites
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                  Focus on Jidoka
                  Focus on Jidoka
               Automation with “human” 
               Automation with “human” 
                        intelligence
                        intelligence
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                 Jidoka’s Purpose
                  Jidoka’s Purpose
             •Increase quality
                Increase quality
             •Lower costs
                Lower costs
             •Improve customer 
                Improve customer 
               relations
                relations
             •Shorten delivery time
                Shorten delivery time
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