Toyota Production System

The Toyota Production System (TPS) is an integrated socio-technical system, developed by Toyota, that comprises its management philosophy and practices. The TPS is a management system[1] that organizes manufacturing and logistics for the automobile manufacturer, including interaction with suppliers and customers. The system is a major precursor of the more generic "lean manufacturing". Taiichi Ohno and Eiji Toyoda, Japanese industrial engineers, developed the system between 1948 and 1975.[2]

Originally called "just-in-time production", it builds on the approach created by the founder of Toyota, Sakichi Toyoda, his son Kiichiro Toyoda, and the engineer Taiichi Ohno. The principles underlying the TPS are embodied in The Toyota Way.[3]

  1. ^ Ohno, Taiichi (1988). Toyota Production System. New York, NY: Productivity Press. pp. XV. ISBN 0-915299-14-3.
  2. ^ "Toyota Production System and Lean Manufacturing". Strategos-International. Archived from the original on 2017-05-08. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  3. ^ Marksberry, Phillip (2011-01-01). "The Toyota Way – a quantitative approach". International Journal of Lean Six Sigma. 2 (2): 132–150. doi:10.1108/20401461111135028. ISSN 2040-4166.