The Evolution of a Manufacturing System at Toyota
1st Edition
Published in December 1999
391 pages
978-0-19-535263-4 (ISBN)
Description
What is the true source of a firm's long-term competitive advantage in manufacturing? Through original field studies, historical research, and statistical analyses, this book shows how Toyota Motor Corporation, one of the world's largest automobile companies, built distinctive capabilities in production, product development, and supplier management. Fujimoto asserts that it is Toyota's evolutionary learning capability that gives the company its advantage and demonstrates how this learning is put to use in daily work.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Illustrations
71 figures
File size
22,75 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-19-535263-4 (9780195352634)
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Takahiro Fujimoto
The Evolution of Manufacturing Systems at Toyota
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09/1999
Oxford University Press Inc
€150.80
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- PART I: Emergence and Functions of the Total Manufacturing System
- 1. An Evolutionary Framework for Manufacturing
- 2. System Emergence at Toyota: History
- 3. System Emergence at Toyota: Reinterpretation
- 4. The Anatomy of Manufacturing Routines: An Information View
- PART II: Emergence and Functions of the Three Subsystems: Supplier, Development, and Production
- 5. Evolution of the Black Box Parts Supplier System
- 6. Evolution of Product Development Routines
- 7. Evolution of Toyota's New Assembly System
- 8. Conclusion: Toyota as a "Prepared Organization
- Appendix A. The Evolutionary Framework: Generic and Specific
- Appendix B. The Basics of Toyota-style Manufacturing
- Notes
- References
- Index
- A
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- C
- D
- E
- F
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- I
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- K
- L
- M
- N
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- Q
- R
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