Toyota Production System
topic on 9 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes · said 8 times in 5 episodes since 2018
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Kanter: Focusing on quality reduces costs more reliably than cost-cutting
“Always focus, focus on improving quality because the quality gains usually materialize. If you say like, okay, we're going to reduce the defect rate or we're going to, it's just like a very measurable thing. And, but what you find is that by improving the qual…”
Amazon and Danaher are the only U.S. companies advancing Toyota's production system
“I mean, the Toyota production system, I think there's like two companies that have taken it really, really seriously and advanced it in the United States. One is Amazon, and one is Donaherr.”
Mars UK workers could halt entire production lines for quality defects
“Any employee in the factory could stop the line for any reason at any time.
If there's anything that's out of place, anything that could impact quality, you know, anything is dirty, anything is not perfect, every single worker in the entire facility can stop t…”
Senra: Toyota Production System Is Most Important Manufacturing Innovation Since Ford
“TPS was perhaps the most important technical innovation since Ford's successful implementation of the moving assembly line, and the Toyota production system has transformed manufacturing throughout the world.”
Cook: Amazon uses the Toyota Production System at its Tracy warehouse
“And I was just touring Amazon's newest and largest, excuse me, newest and most modern warehouse, which is in Tracy, California, about two hours south of here. And they've embraced the Toyota production system in their fulfillment operations, and they, you go i…”