Respect Toyota Production System

Sugimori, Y., Kusunoki, K., Cho, E, and Uchikawa, S. (1977), Toyota Production System and Kanban System Materialization of Just-in-Time and Respect-for-Human System, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 15, No. 6, pp. 553-564. 

Toyota s former President Watanabe, interviewed by Stewart and Raman (2007), reaffirmed the two main pillars of the Toyota Way continuous improvement and respect for people which includes critical stakeholders, the employees, the supply partners and the customers. These operational and cultural tenets have been systemized within the Toyota Production System (TPS). Initially, TPS was conceived of as the "3P model of Purpose, Process and People. However, Liker (2004) refined and extended this to the"4P model of the Toyota Way, Philosophy, Processes, People and Partners, and Problem Solving, represented in Figure 4-1. 

Sugimori, Y., R Cho Kusunoki S. Uchikawa 1977. Toyota production system and Kanban system materialisation of just-in-time and respect-for-human system. International Journal of Production Research, 15(6) 553—564. 

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