The evolution of a manufacturing system at Toyota / Takahiro Fujimoto.

By:

Fujimoto, Takahiro, 1955- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999Description: x, 380 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0195123204
9780195123203

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

629.234 21

LOC classification:

TL278 .F83 1999

Contents:

1. An Evolutionary Framework for Manufacturing -- 2. System Emergence at Toyota: History -- 3. System Emergence at Toyota: Reinterpretation -- 4. The Anatomy of Manufacturing Routines: An Information View -- 5. Evolution of the Black Box Parts Supplier System -- 6. Evolution of Product Development Routines -- 7. Evolution of Toyota's New Assembly System -- 8. Conclusion: Toyota as a "Prepared Organization" -- App. A. The Evolutionary Framework: Generic and Specific -- App. B. The Basics of Toyota-style Manufacturing -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Summary: "What is the true source of a firm's long-term competitive advantage in manufacturing? Through original field studies, historical research, and statistical analyses, this book shows how Toyota Motor Corporation, one of the world's largest automobile companies, built distinctive capabilities in production, product development, and supplier management. Fujimoto asserts that it is Toyota's evolutionary learning capability that gives the company its advantage and demonstrates how this learning is put to use in daily work."--Publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-364) and index.

"What is the true source of a firm's long-term competitive advantage in manufacturing? Through original field studies, historical research, and statistical analyses, this book shows how Toyota Motor Corporation, one of the world's largest automobile companies, built distinctive capabilities in production, product development, and supplier management. Fujimoto asserts that it is Toyota's evolutionary learning capability that gives the company its advantage and demonstrates how this learning is put to use in daily work."--Publisher description.

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