Saturday, February 28, 2015

Research and Development Papers on Toyota Production System





Rationalizing the Design of the Toyota Production System:
A Comparison of Two Approaches
J. Won, , D. Cochran, , H. T. Johnson, , S. Bouzekouk, B. Masha

Production System Design Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and
School of Business Administration, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA


Abstract
This paper examines two recent attempts to develop frameworks to explain the Toyota Production System (TPS).
In Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System, Spear and Bowen assert that the design, operation and improvement of manufacturing systems can be captured in four basic rules.
In A Decomposition Approach for Manufacturing System Design, Cochran et. al. show how a Manufacturing System Design Decomposition (MSDD) can express the relationships between the design requirements and corresponding solutions within a manufacturing system.
This paper compares and contrasts how each of these approaches incorporates the requirements of successful manufacturing system design.
http://www.sysdesign.org/pdf/paper15.pdf


Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System
Steven Spear and H. Kent Bowen
Harvard Business Review, THE SEPTEMBER 1999
https://hbr.org/1999/09/decoding-the-dna-of-the-toyota-production-system

Monday, February 23, 2015

Critical Success Factors for Effective JIT Implementation Bibliography



A Method for Identifying Critical Success Factors of JIT Implementation in Different Circumstances (Case Study: Appliance Industry)

Hassan Farsijani, Yasser Sobhani Fard, Maryam Akhavan Kharazian, Mohsen Shafiei Nikabadi
Associate Professor, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Assistant Professor, University of Imam Sadegh, Tehran, Iran
University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Lecturer of Business Management Department, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

International Journal of Supply Chain Management Systems
http://www.publishingindia.com/uploads/samplearticles/jscms-sample-article.pdf