[TPS] - Toyota Production System
Beyond Large-Scale Production
Published by: Productivity Press Inc. (1995)ISBN: 0-915-2991-4-3
By: Taiichi Ohno
This book by the father of just-in-time manufacturing describes how Toyota came up with the system driven by the need to produce a small number of cars while gaining the economies of scale. Among the techniques described are "kanban" and the "five whys".
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