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Toyota Production System
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Toyota Production System

Beyond Large-Scale Production

Taiichi Ohno
Productivity Press, 1988
First Edition: 1978

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Taiichi Ohno wrote this seminal book in 1978. As one of Toyota Motor Company’s first mechanical engineers, he was inspired by the principles developed by Toyota’s founder Toyoda Kiichirō. Part manual and part philosophical treatise on efficiency, Ohno’s guide honors the Japanese automotive pioneer’s innovations in manufacturing. This 1988 edition translates the original Japanese version into English. Its overview of the Toyota manufacturing process will appeal to historians and to all those interested in the “just-in-time” ethos that now dominates the globalized economy. 

Take-Aways

  • The Toyota Motor Company changed Ford’s assembly-line concept to include “just-in-time” production.
  • Toyoda Kiichirō created “Toyotaism” in the 1930s, setting the standard for Japanese automobile manufacturing.
  • American supermarkets inspired Toyota’s innovative, just-in-time production system.

About the Author

Taiichi Ohno joined the Toyota Motor Company in 1943. He worked as a shop-floor supervisor in the engine manufacturing department and rose to become executive vice president in 1975. 

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