Process, People and Partners in the Toyota Production System

This free online course on Process, People and Partners in the Toyota Production System introduces you to important concepts such as the pull system as a lean manufacturing strategy used to reduce waste in the manufacturing process, methods used to detect defects when they occur in the Toyota Production System and, how standardization tasks became a science when mass production replaced the craft form of production.

The course begins by teaching about the concept of real demand in the lean manufacturing system, and the relationship between demands from customers and immediate profits and returns. You'll also learn about the implementation of visual signals in manufacturing and servicing organizations, fundamentals and standardization in a production system, and how the Toyota production system can transform businesses to become world class organizations.

This course explains the reliable, thoroughly tested technology that is used by the people in the Toyota Production System. You'll learn that adoptation of Toyota production system can be used as a global benchmark on how to use value added technolog. The course also outlines the ideas behind TPS which expects leaders to teach their subordinates the Toyota way. Start this course and learn about the various aspects of using the reliable and thoroughly tested technology behind the Toyota Production System.