The modern theory of the Toyota production system
Subtitle: a systems inquiry of the world's most emulated and profitable management system
By: Phillip Marksberry
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781466556744
Subjects: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha; Industrial management; Industrial productivity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Systems theory and the relation to TPS; title: The property of holism in TPS; title: The property of goal seeking in TPS; title: The property of goal seeking in TPS, part 2; title: The system property of regulation in TPS; title: The system property of differentiation in TPS; title: The system property of hierarchies in TPS; title: The system property of transformation in TPS; title: The system property of entropy in TPS; title: The system property of reversibility in TPS; title: The system property of negative entropy in TPS; title: The system property of requisite variety in TPS; title: The system property of interrelationship and interdependence in TPS; title: The system property of equifinality in TPS (non-value add work environments); title: Summary.