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The Toyota Production System (TPS) is an integrated socio-technical system developed by Toyota (automotive manufacturer) to efficiently organize manufacturing and logistics, including the interaction with suppliers and customers, to minimize cost and waste.
TPS is a major precursor of Lean Manufacturing. Founded on the conceptual pillars of ‘Just-in-time’ and ‘Jidoka’ (or, Automation with a Human Touch), the system was first built off the approach created by the founder of Toyota, Sakichi Toyoda and his son, Kiichiro Toyoda.
The main target of the Toyota Production is to eliminate 3 key issues: Overburden, Inconsistency, and Waste – or ‘Muri’, ‘Mura’ and ‘Muda’, respectively
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