Article: New LEI Workbook Tackles Lean Production Control and System Kaizen.

Article: JAPAN'S AUTO SUPERIORITY TIED TO 'LEAN PRODUCTION' ...
The Boston Globe;  September 26, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... markets is a revolutionary production system that requires less labor ... World," suggests that "lean production," its name for the slimmed ... the Toyota Motor Co., lean production has obvious applications ... know-how, have utilized lean production to become competitive ...

Article: Reducing costs by linking quality, safety and environmental ...
Canadian Chemical News;  May 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... of Taichi Ohno when he conceived of Toyota's lean production system. It will keep fixed costs down, reduce environmental ... the manufacture of product. Ohno designed a production system in which highly trained workers were given a ...

Article: Ready, set, monitor: is MDI in your lean production ...
Industrial Engineer;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Companies devote significant resources to implement lean production systems. Process improvement teams spend weeks ... as evinced by its incorporation in the Toyota Production System. However, a sustained commitment to the checking ...

Article: Manufacturing: Accident shows up downside of Toyota's ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  September 11, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... industrial accidents have shown that for every brilliant idea, there's always a catch. Toyota, pioneer of the 'lean production system' now used by most manufacturers, is feeling the pinch from a supply shortage after a gas tank explosion and ...

Article: Ten steps to lean production
FDM;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Lean production vendors In the lean production system, suppliers are integrated into a program of continuous ... improve quality. Step eight in Black's 10 steps to lean production is developing lean production vendors. When a company ...

Article: Lean production: implementation problems.
IIE Solutions;  June 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Lean production, known originally as the Toyota production system, has been familiar to ... Motors and Toyota that uses lean production concepts, was formed ... plants in the U.S. using lean production systems. These "transplants ...

Article: Just Another Car Factory? Lean Production and Its ...
Industrial and Labor Relations Review;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... Krafcik's "lean production" - an Americanized ... s "Toyota Production System" (Toyota ... issues of lean production and compare ... points of lean production at CAMI was ... plant and production system, where ...