Process Improvement

Process Improvement

Problem Statement

Need for Toyota's strong leadership to response in addressing the problem quickly by identifying solutions to ensure the safety, provide customer satisfaction, protect brand name, and earn a tumbling share price.

Background

The Toyota Production System has been more recently referred to as “Lean Production System”. The “lean” production is actually a term coined in the late 80s by researchers IMVP (International Motor Vehicle Program), a research program on the MIT, to define a production system more efficient, flexible, agile and innovative than mass production, a system able to better face a market in constant change. In fact, lean ...