Author: New, S. J.

Source: International Journal of Production Research, Volume 45, Number 16, August 2007 , pp. 3545-3554(10)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd

Abstract:

This introduction to the special issue celebrates the 30th anniversary of the publication of Sugimori et al. (Sugimori, Y., Kusunoki, K., Cho, F. and Uchikawa, S., Toyota production system and Kanban system: materialisation of just-in-time and respect-for-human system. Int. J. Prod. Res., 1977, 15(6), 553-564), the first extensive description of the Toyota Production System (TPS) to be published in English. After some initial discussion of the TPS, this article reviews three important issues regarding the context of the original paper: the West's growing interest in Japanese manufacturing; the preoccupation with information technology as the future of production; and, concerns with job design and motivation. The Sugimori paper is then analysed in these terms, focusing on the technical and human elements of the TPS. The article closes with an introduction to the other papers in the special issue.

Keywords: Toyota Production System; Just-in-time; Lean production; Japanese manufacturing

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207540701223386

Affiliations: 1: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Publication date: 2007-08-01

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