Toyota Production System - Industrial Engineering - Shigeo Shingo - Summary

 

Chapter 13. The Toyota Production System in Summary

1. The Minus-Cost Principle

2. Non-Stock (JIT) - The First Cornerstone of Waste Elimination

3. Toward Flow Operation
4. Shortening Setup Changeover Times
5. The Elimination of Breakdowns and Defects
6. Fusing Leveling and Non-Stock Production
7. Toward Comprehensive Integrated Flow Operations

11. Toward a Kanban System

8. Labor Cost Reduction (Autonomation): The Second Cornerstone of Waste Elimination

9. From Mechanization to Autonomation
10. Maintaining and Developing Standard Operations

Shiego presented a good summary of design and redesign of Toyota Production System based on Industrial Engineering principles and practices. Singo restated what Ohno had written earlier.