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Resources: Ch. 6 and 16 of Operations Management
View the Week 4 Virtual Company Tours of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky.
Explore TPS (Toyota Production System) located under the Operations tab (upper left page).
Answer the following short answer questions in at least 300 words each:
- What is the definition offered for kaizen? How do Toyota and its employees benefit from kaizen?
- Compare the principles of Six Sigma (Week 2, Ch. 6) with Lean (this week, Ch. 16) as it relates to TPS.
Use specific examples from TPS as seen in the video.
Cite academic resources you may have used and format your answers consistent with APA guidelines.
Virtual Company Tours of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky Website: http://toyotaky.com/tourvid.asp
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LEAN APPLICATION
Toyota Lean Application
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LEAN APPLICATION
Recent economic standards demand corresponding adjustments in different dimensions of
management perspectives. Initial management practices have proven to be inadequate in dealing
with the current highly dynamic business environment. Besides the situation has forced
organizations and economies to be more complex hence calling for more evolved, more
acceptable and complex perspectives on management of organizations. As well, globalization’s
focus on political structures and expansion of business operations by employing international
strategies through environmental, political, technological and socioeconomic advancements has
dramatically affected the initial factors of business even in the vehicle production companies
such as Toyota (Steger, 2017). More so, globalization has boosted the competitive advantage of
institutions through cutting down on expenses into having a higher number of consumers,
services, and pr...
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