The Toyota Production System as Taught by Toyota - Episode 05

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Toyota Virtual Plant Tour - The Toyota Production System as Taught by Toyota - Episode 05

Curious about how Toyota manufactures cars? Discover the care and craftsmanship that go into every vehicle. In this episode, learn about Just-in-Time: Collaboration with Parts Suppliers for Timely Production.

All plants must work with complete synchronization to make the vehicles quickly and without waste. All adhere to the following principles of Just-in-Time to achieve synchronized production: 1) Only make what is needed by the customer, when it is needed, and in the amount needed; 2) Don't allow goods and information to be held up during production; 3) Make them at the pace at which they're sold. It would take many months to fulfill a customer's order if all the parts were made only after receiving it. To avoid that, the minimum number of parts needed are stocked in advance on the vehicle assembly line so that a car can be built as soon as the order is received. The preceding process has a store of finished products from which the next process can pick up the parts that it needs. The preceding process is also stocked in advance with the minimum number of parts needed to re-make parts picked up by the next process before the next pick-up, allowing it to immediately replenish whatever was picked up. Having all processes engaged in this loop achieves wasteless production where we only make what is needed, when it is needed, and in the amount needed to fulfill customer orders and ensure that only sellable items are produced. This requires collaboration with parts suppliers for timely production.

Want to learn more? Visit the Toyota Virtual Factory Tour website to dive deeper into how Toyota manufacturers cars: https://global.toyota/en/company/plant-tours/

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