TPS-QAS, new production quality management model: key to New JIT – Toyota's global production strategy

Kakuro Amasaka and Hirohisa Sakai

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 2009, vol. 18, issue 4, 409-426

Abstract: Recently, the authors have worked out a new management principle named New JIT based on TMS, TDS, TPS and TQM-S to strengthen Toyota's global production strategy. This paper verifies the effectiveness of the proposed Advancing TPS as the key to New JIT at Toyota. Toward enabling simultaneous production start-up (the same quality and production at optimal locations), an integrated network system that utilises QCIS (Quality Control Information System), ARIM (Availability Reliability Information Administration Monitor), AWD6P/J (Aging & Work Development 6 Project) and V-IOS (Virtual – Intelligence Operator System) by using AOL (Advanced Operator Levels) rank model, the next-generation, production quality management model TPS-QAS (Toyota Production System-Quality Assurance System) is proposed. In cases of application, we take up examples for systematic development of quality assurance technologies to test the validity of TPS-QAS as a new global production quality management system at Toyota.

Keywords: new JIT; advancing TPS; TPS-QAS; QCIS; ARIM; AWD6P/J; AOS rank model; V-IOS; Toyota Production System; global production strategy; Japan; quality management; quality control; QC information systems; availability information; reliability information; automobile industry; automotive manufacturing. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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