The Modern Theory of the Toyota Production System : A Systems Inquiry of the Worlds Most Emulated and Profitable Management System

Numerous books have been written about Toyota's approach to workplace improvement; however, most describe Toyota's practices as case studies or stories. Designed to aid in the implementation of Lean manufacturing, The Modern Theory of the Toyota Production System: A Systems Inquiry of the World’s Most Emulated and Profitable Management System explains that your organization already has what it takes to succeed with TPS and what’s probably missing is balance.

Bridging the gap between implementation and theory, this text is the first of its kind to use systems theory to study how the pieces of the Toyota Production System (TPS) work together to achieve this much needed balance. Lean practitioners will learn how to use system theory to improve overall decision making when applying Lean or Toyota-like management systems.

Explaining that the glue that holds the pieces of TPS together is just as important as the pieces themselves, the book provides you with invaluable guidance in the implementation of Lean manufacturing from a management perspective. Itoutlines a blueprint to help you develop a clear understanding of how the pieces of TPS need to come together so you can achieve something greater than what’s possible with the individual pieces.

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
About the Author

Chapter 1 : Systems Theory and the Relation to TPS
Chapter 2 : The Property of Holism in TPS
Chapter 3 : The Property of Goal Seeking in TPS, Part 1
Chapter 4 : The Property of Goal Seeking in TPS, Part 2
Chapter 5 : The System Property of Regulation in TPS
Chapter 6 : The System Property of Differentiation in TPS
Chapter 7 : The System Property of Hierarchies in TPS
Chapter 8 : The System Property of Transformation in TPS
Chapter 9 : The System Property of Entropy in TPS
Chapter 10 : The System Property of Reversibility in TPS
Chapter 11 : The System Property of Negative Entropy in TPS
Chapter 12 : The System Property of Requisite Variety in TPS
Chapter 13 : The System Properties of Interrelationship and Interdependence in TPS
Chapter 14 : The System Property of Equifinality in TPS
Chapter 15 : Summary

Index

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