Description
Book SynopsisToyota Methods and Operating Models presents a case study of a small, traditional Italian manufacturer in the Toyota Industries Corporation Group, which began an important process of transformation until it became a successful, modern and advanced international business: Toyota Material Handling. Toyota management made internal changes and developed the commercial networks, successfully applying the Toyota Production System (TPS, or Lean Production) as well as the values of the Toyota Way. Author
Stefano Cortiglioni led the transformation project, which took four years.
Toyota Methods and Operating Models presents the continuing success story. The authors analyze the Toyota methods and operating models that can be directly applied to your business in order to reach excellence in operations and industry 4.0. It provides tangible advice on how to grow a business and achieve commercial success, with superior processes and logistics networks, as well as the development of an advanced and highly successful supply chain.
Trade Review"
Toyota Methods and Operating Models provides not only general Toyota Production System (TPS) advice, but also practical kaizen examples of what the Toyota Material Handling has achieved. This book will be useful to those wanting to improve their business similarly." * Sadao Nomura, Former Senior Advisor, Toyota Industrial Co. *
"The Cesab and Toyota case is like a marriage between two different nationalities. It tells the story of a progressive convergence of objectives and a continuous effort to understand each other and integrate the best aspects of Japan and Italy. This has resulted in a business which grows year on year in terms turnover and productivity. I hope that it continues to grow." * Romano Prodi, Former President of European Commission *
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Toyota Methods and Operating Models represents one of the most comprehensive investigations of Toyota, the essential Toyota spirit, and working practices at a non-Japanese manufacturing facility. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book because it provides a wonderful insight into the technical and social practices that underpin world class performance and the ways in which people continuously improve, innovate and learn." * Nick Rich, Professor of Socio-Technical Systems Design, Swansea University *
Table of Contents
- Section - ONE: From CESAB to Toyota Material Handling Manufacturing Italy;
- Chapter - 01: The Toyota Group;
- Chapter - 02: The History of CESAB;
- Chapter - 03: The product;
- Chapter - 04: From Push to Pull;
- Chapter - 05: The production lines;
- Chapter - 06: The model;
- Chapter - 07: The 2S (Seiri and Seiton);
- Chapter - 08: The Logistics;
- Chapter - 09: The organisation of Toyota;
- Chapter - 10: Standardisation;
- Chapter - 11: Quality;
- Chapter - 12: Visual Management;
- Chapter - 13: Kaizen and efficiency;
- Chapter - 14: Starting from the bottom up;
- Chapter - 15: Examples of the implementation of TPS in other organisations;
- Chapter - 16: Monozukuri and Hitozukuri (important men at the centre of the transformation);
- Chapter - 17: Toyota and Business;
- Chapter - 18: Kaizena and Financial Results;
- Chapter - 19: TPS and Industry 4.0;
- Section - TWO: The implementation of the Toyota Way into commercial processes and sales operations;
- Chapter - 20: The Toyota Academy;
- Chapter - 21: Problems faced, interviews with central figures;
- Chapter - 22: The Italian market;
- Chapter - 23: The Toyota Way, values, interpretations and lean;
- Chapter - 24: The new model A.C.C.E.S.S;
- Section - THREE: Appendices
