The Evolution of a Manufacturing System at Toyota,9780195123203

The Evolution of a Manufacturing System at Toyota

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ISBN13: 9780195123203
ISBN10: 0195123204
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-08-12
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

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 inproduction, 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.

Table of Contents

PART I: Emergence and Functions of the Total Manufacturing System 3(126)
1. An Evolutionary Framework for Manufacturing
3(22)
2. System Emergence at Toyota: History
25(32)
3. System Emergence at Toyota: Reinterpretation
57(28)
4. The Anatomy of Manufacturing Routines: An Information View
85(44)
PART II: Emergence and Functions of the Three Subsystems: Supplier, Development, and Production 129(150)
5. Evolution of the Black Box Parts Supplier System
129(44)
6. Evolution of Product Development Routines
173(50)
7. Evolution of Toyota's New Assembly System
223(48)
8. Conclusion: Toyota as a "Prepared Organization"
271(8)
Appendix A. The Evolutionary Framework: Generic and Specific 279(8)
Appendix B. The Basics of Toyota-style Manufacturing 287(34)
Notes 321(28)
References 349(16)
Index 365

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