A Complete Study on Toyota Production System

Toyota Production System is built on three factors:suppliers and suppliers also prefer this organization
enhancing production process, logistics managementbecause of its standards maintained in handling them
and employee loyalty. Procedure of manufacturing iswere good and they service offered is satisfactory.
planned and a step by step process is planned calledFocusing on production process is first done by
short plans where all the resources are assembledToyota where started a new philosophy of
well in advance before the next step begins. Logisticsimplementing a step by step procedure for
management describes about the supplierproduction to minimize errors and totally eliminate
relationships with the organisation. It also focuses onwaste during shaping of the product. Elimination of
the delivery of goods to the customer. Employeewaste completely during manufacturing of product is
loyalty is the important factor which is implementedthe aim of Toyota. Short plans are encouraged
successfully where employees are given freedom andbecause long planning with high durations consumes
responsibility to perform work according to thelot of time, resources and machinery. All the
defined procedures. Toyota follows a proceduremachinery is engaged with one activity and it results
where every employee is asked for suggestions andin lapse in time. It increases idle time of man and
most of these suggestions are implemented in themachinery. Also the machine stops working whenever
organization process. This increases commitment anda problem is encountered protecting from producing
confidence in the employee's capability and thedefective products. As soon as the machine stops
efficiency of the workers is calculated high.working the problem is identified and the cause of
Logistics management is another factor where thethe problem is known and rectified immediately. After
relationships of suppliers and product delivery systemrectifies the problem the machine functions normally
are redefined. The importance of relationshipand a thorough analysis is done to understand the
between the supplier and the organization isroot cause of the problem. Thus, Toyota Production
improved which resulted in timely delivery of qualitySystem and its defined procedures contributed in
materials. Supply chain management is a differentproducing world class products in the automobile
subject which gained lot of importance over a periodindustry. It is today is one of the successfully
of time. Delivery of raw materials in time and theimplemented philosophies in quality management and
task of assembling of new parts of the machinery isit became the first organization to emphasize on
done with the help of good suppliers. Toyota is alsoquality than quantity.
known for maintaining good relationships with