The modern theory of the Toyota production system : a systems inquiry of the world's most emulated and profitable management system /: a systems inquiry of the world's most emulated and profitable management system. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Phillip Marksberry, PhD, PE.
• Authors: Marksberry, Phillip
• Contents: Systems Theory and the Relation to TPS; Why Systems Theory for the Toyota Production System?; Why Systems Thinking Is Not Popular When Implementing TPS; Systems Theory Background; A Representation of Toyota’s TPS System Properties; Holism and Roles; Goal Seeking, Industrial Engineering, and Problem Solving; Regulation and Jishuken; Differentiation and Leadership; Hierarchy and Hoshin Kanri; Transformation, Change Management, and Kaizen; Entropy and Human Resources; Negative Entropy and Organizational Learning; Requisite of Variety and Production Leveling; Interrelationships and Supplier Development; Equifinality, Multifinality, and Maintenance; Summary; References; ; The Property of Holism in TPS; System Property: Holism; Holism and the Toyota Production System; The Role Concept; The Difference between Roles and Job Descriptions; Role Prescriptions; Role Theory and Analysis; Role Components and Features; The Emergent Properties of TPS: Teamwork; The Emergent Properties of TPS: Collaboration and Trust among Members; The Emergent Properties of TPS: Workplace Consistency; Summary; References The Property of Goal Seeking in TPS, Part 1; System Property: Goal Seeking; Goal-Seeking Properties of the Toyota Production System; Background: TPS and the Industrial Engineering Connection; The Role of Industrial Engineering; Industrial Engineering Theory; Literature Review of Industrial Engineering Methods; The Scientific Management Era; Skill Sets of Industrial Engineers in the Era of Scientific Management; Skill Set: Scientific Method; Skill Set: Importance of Direct Observation; Skill Set: Work Sampling; Skill Set: Questioning Attitude; Skill Set: Standardization; Skill Set: Standards Engineer; Skill Set: Systems Thinking; Skill Set: The Process Flowchart; Skill Set: Work Distribution Charts; Skill Set: Time Study; Skill Set: Testing, Adaptive One Factor at a Time; Contemporary Industrial Engineering; Skill Sets of Contemporary Industrial Engineering; Skill Set: Systems Engineering and Optimization; Skill Set: Process Design and Reengineering; Skill Set: Experimental Design, Design of Experiments, Taguchi Methods; Skill Set: Six Sigma; Skill Set: Lean Sigma; Literature Review Summary; What Type of Industrial Engineering Identity Is TPS?; Differences between TPS, the Efficiency Expert, and Traditional Lean; Adapting Scientific Management to TPS and the Comparison to Contemporary IE; Standardization or Kaizen (Business Process Reengineering)?; Knowledge by Observation (Genchi Genbutsu) or by Inference (Data)?; Scientific Method or System Optimization?; Summary; References; ; The Property of Goal Seeking in TPS, Part 2; Problem Solving: The Identity of the Toyota Production System; Problem Solving versus Kaizen (Improvement); Structured Problem Solving; Toyota’s Eight-Step Problem-Solving Methodology; Human Problem-Solving Background; Literature Review of Problem-Solving Methodologies; Limitations with Problem-Solving Methodology Research; Problem-Solving Theory and Core Thinking Skills; Criteria for Evaluating Effective Cognitive Processes; Applying Human Problem-Solving Theory to Toyota’s Eight-Step Process; Goal Clarity in A3 Thinking; Productive Thinking in A3 Thinking; Putting It All Together; Summary; References; ; The System Property of Regulation in TPS; System Property: Regulation; The System Property of Regulation and the Toyota Production System; Literature Review of Jishukens; Literature Review of Quality Circles; Using Quality Circles and Jishukens to Create a Shared Vision; The Weakening and Strengthening of TPS using Shared Visions; The Regulation Cycle of TPS; Jishuken and Quality Circle Implementation Concepts; Asking for Help and Promoting Waste Elimination; Starting Point for Workplace Improvement; The Team Structure of Jishukens and Quality Circles; Support Functions in QCs and Jishukens; Coach and Facilitate Problem Solving; Jishukens and QCs Must Advance Stability through Standardization; Model the Company’s Approach to Work; Summary; References; ; The System Property of Differentiation in TPS; System Property: Differentiation; Toyota Production System and System Differentiation; Literature Review of Leadership; The Distinction between Management and Leadership; Literature Review of Leadership Theory; Leadership Theory for TPS; The Why Function of TPS Leadership; The How Function of TPS Leadership; What If Leadership Is Not on Board with Defining, Coaching, or Implementing Lean?; The Where Function of TPS Leadership; The When Function of TPS Leadership; Summary; References; ; The System Property of Hierarchies in TPS; System Property: Hierarchy; The Hierarchical Property of the Toyota Production System; Decision Making in Hierarchies; Vertical Decision Making; Horizontal Decision Making; Interdependent Decision Making; Interdependent Performance; Monitoring and Progress; Routine Work and Nonroutine Work in Hoshin; Literature Review of Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges in Strategic Planning; Strategic Planning Theories; A System of Hierarchies: The Hoshin Process; Planning Phase of Hoshin; Preparation Phase of Hoshin; Hoshin Implementation Phase; Hoshin Evaluation&
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Productivity Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 658.001; Industrial management -- Case studies; Industrial productivity -- Case studies; Management
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466556751; 1466556757
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