The Evolution of the Toyota Production System (2020)Hardcover - 2020, 10 June 2020

1 Introduction.- 2 Acceptance of the Ford Production System by Japanese Manufacturing Industries.- 3 The Foundation of the Japanese Automobile Manufacturing Industry: Attempts to Adopt Ford's Production System.- 4 Establishing Flow Production at Toyota: Collecting the Data on Shop Floors and its Use.- 5 Findings of Two Toyota Executives.- 6 The Emergence of Flow Production at Toyota.- 7 Quality and its Assurance.- 8 Computerization of the Management of Toyota as a Group.- 9 Conclusion.