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.