Total Quality Management Articles

Total Quality Management Articles

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Table of Contents
KANBAN 3
Reaction 4
Six Sigma Quality 4
Reaction 5
Benchmarking Process 5
Reaction 6
Five S 6
Reaction 7
Supply Chain Management 7
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References 9

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KANBAN

Sugimori Y., Kusunoki K., Cho F. & Uchikawa S., (1977) Toyota production system and Kanban system Materialization of just-in-time and respect-for-human system International Journal of Production Research Volume 15, Issue 6, 1977: 553-564


Mr. Taiiohi Ohno- the then Vice-President of Toyota Motor Company has developed Kanban System and Toyota Production System that are introduced in this paper. The authors elaborate that in these systems; there are two main distinguishing aspects i.e. ‘just-in-time production’ and ‘respect-for-human’. In JIT production, in needed quantity, at the required time, only the essential products are produced, and also, the stock readily available is kept to a least. Being a system with the ‘respect-for-human’, employees are permitted to put on show their potentials through dynamic involvement in running and meliorating their individual workshops.
The Kanban System is described by authors as a production control system that is meant for JIT production and bringing in fully utilization of capabilities of workers. Workshops of Toyota with the utilization of Kanban System have no more dependent on an electronic computer. Instead of computerized system, the rationales for the employment of Kanban System are as follows: quick and clear-cut acquirement of facts, cutback of cost processing information, and circumscribing excess capacity of earlier shops.
A form of order card, in the Kanban System, known as Kanban is used. Kanban System is of two types: conveyance Kanban and production Kanban. When moving from one process to the previous process, conveyance Kanban is carried. Production Kanban is drawn on to organize production of the section taken...

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