Rationalizing the Design of the Toyota Production System : A Comparison of Two Approaches

This paper examines two recent attempts to develop frameworks to explain the Toyota Production System (TPS). In Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System, Spear and Bowen assert that the design, operation and improvement of manufacturing systems can be captured in four basic rules. In A Decomposition Approach for Manufacturing System Design, Cochran et. al. show how a Manufacturing System Design Decomposition (MSDD) can express the relationships between the design requirements and corresponding solutions within a manufacturing system. This paper compares and contrasts how each of these approaches incorporates the requirements of successful manufacturing system design.

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