Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Toyota Production System - Bibliography



Toyota Traditions


Good thinking, Good products - Slogan
http://www.toyota-global.com/company/toyota_traditions/quality/may_jun_2005.html

Building Quality into Process
http://www.toyota-global.com/company/toyota_traditions/quality/sep_oct_2005.html

"Ask 'why' five times about every matter."
http://www.toyota-global.com/company/toyota_traditions/quality/mar_apr_2006.html



"The Evolution of Toyota's Quality Assurance System"
http://www.toyota-global.com/company/toyota_traditions/quality/oct_dec_2010.html


"High Quality Starts With the Customer"
http://www.toyota-global.com/company/toyota_traditions/quality/jan_mar_2011.html


"Maintain quality through teamwork."
http://www.toyota-global.com/company/toyota_traditions/quality/jan_feb_2005.html

"Eliminate muda, mura, muri* completely."
http://www.toyota-global.com/company/toyota_traditions/quality/jul_aug_2004.html

"Unless we establish a unique pattern of control and organization, no amount of financial resources will be sufficient."
http://www.toyota-global.com/company/toyota_traditions/quality/may_jun_2004.html

"If a problem is left unsolved and the supervisor in uninformed, neither kaizen nor cost reduction can be applied. When there is trouble, stopping the machine means also identifying the problem. Once the problem is clear, kaizen becomes possible."
http://www.toyota-global.com/company/toyota_traditions/quality/mar_apr_2004.html


Eiji Toyoda on the roots of TPS
http://artoflean.com/files/Eiji_Toyoda_On_The_Roots_of_TPS.pdf

Toyota case analysis - term paper
http://ivythesis.typepad.com/term_paper_topics/2009/06/toyota-case-analysis.html

Success story of Toyota - overcoming challenges
http://www.successprinciplesonline.com/business-success-stories/business-success-story-toyota-motor-corporation-from-brink-of-bankruptcy-to-world%E2%80%99s-no2-auto-maker/396.htm

Toyota Corporation's Business Success Strategies
http://www.successprinciplesonline.com/business-strategies/toyota-motor-corporation%E2%80%99s-business-success-strategies/399.htm





Monday, May 21, 2012

Manufacturing Systems Design -Articles, Case Studies, Papers and Projects



Project for Manufacturing and Service System Design Course
http://www.emu.edu.tr/balkan/Narrative_ieng442_Spr2010.pdf

Production System Design Lecture Notes for 2009
Michael Kay
North Carolina State University
http://people.rit.edu/alceie/pdfs/kaynotes.pdf


Design and Reconfiguration of Manufacturing Systems in Agile Environments - MS Thesis
1998, Virginia Polytechnique
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-020399-170402/unrestricted/thesis.pdf



Design Wisdom of Production System Designers


http://www.ub.edu/5ead/PDF/7/Bellgran.pdf


Referenced Papers and Books


[1] Bellgran, M., (1998): Systematic Design of Assembly Systems - Preconditions and Design Process
Planning, Dissertations No. 515, Linköping University, Sweden.
[2] Dandy, G.C; Warner, R.F. (1989): Planning and Design of Engineering Systems, University Press in
Cambridge, Great Britain.
[3] Andreasen, M.M. (1992): Systematiske idemetoder, Serie: Problemlosning, Instituttet for
Konstruktionsteknik, Danmarks Tekniske Höjskole, Lyngby (in Danish).
[4] Roozenburg, N.F.M.; Eekels, J. (1995): Product Design: Fundamentals and Methods, ISBN 0-471-94351-
7, John Wiley&Sons, West Sussex, England.
[5] Cross, N. (1993): ‘Science and Design Methodology’, A review, Research in Engineering Design, No. 5:
pp.63-69, Springer-Verlag London.
[6] Hubka, V.; Eder, Ernst E. (1988): Theory of Technical Systems, ISBN 0-387-17541-6, Germany.
[7] O’Sullivan, D. (1994): Manufacturing Systems Redesign - Creating the Integrated Manufacturing
Environment, P T R Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-072786-5, Englewood Cliffs, printed in the US.
[8] Wu, B. (1992): Manufacturing Systems Design and Analysis, Chapman & Hall, Great Britain.
[9] Hull, R.; Wu, B. (1994): ‘DPP: Design Process Planning Within a Computer Aided Manufacturing Systems
Design Framework’, Int. Journal of Manufacturing System Design, Vol.1, No.4/94, pp 367-387.
[10] Bellgran, Monica; Öhrström, Pernilla (1995): Design and Evaluation of Assembly Systems - A Study of Ten
Swedish Manufacturing Companies, Proceedings of the 13
th
International Conference on
Production Research (ICPR), August 6-10 1995 in Jerusalem, Israel.
[11] Bley, H.; Muller, A., Olterman, R. (1996): ‘Planning of Assembly Systems, Socio-technical Aspects and
Project Control’, Proceedings of the CIRP International Seminar on Manufacturing Systems,
Johannesburg, South Africa, pp 27-31.
[12] Granath, J-Å. (1991): Architecture Technology and Human Factors - Design in a Socio-Technical
Context, Thesis for PhD at Division of Industrial Achitechture and Planning, School of Architechture,
Chalmers University of Technology, CTH, Göteborg.
[13] Karwowski, W.; Salvendy, G. (1994): Organisation and Management of Advanced Manufacturing,
New York, Wiley.
[14] Ekvall, G. (1988): Förnyelse och friktion. Om organisation, kreativitet och innovation, Natur och
kultur, Borås (first ed., second printing, 1991). In Swedish.
[15] Bellgran, Monica (1997): Time to Focus on the Production System Design Process, Proceedings of
PEDAC´97, 6
th
International Conference on Production Engineering Design, Design and Control,
Alexandria, EGYPT, 15-17 February, 1997.
[16] Ajzen, I & Fishbein, M. (1977): ‘Attitude-Behaviour Relations: A Theoretical Analysis and Reviews of
Empirical Research’, in Psychological Bulletin, vol. 84, No. 5, p 888-918.
[17] Bennett, D. (1986), Production System Design, Butterworth & Co Ltd, Great Britain.
[18] Bloch, E.; Prager Conrad, Kathy (1988): ‘Manufacturing Systems: Meeting the Competitive Challange’,
Design and Analysis of Integrated Manufacturing Systems, National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.,
ISBN 0-309-03844-8.

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Technology Assessment Reports from WTEC



HTTP://www.wtec.org/reports.htm


Microelectronics in Japan
http://www.wtec.org/loyola/ep/
Covers automation in electronic companies

Manufacturing Systems Design Course Pages


Manufacturing System Design Framework Manual
http://lean.mit.edu/products/manufacturing-system-design-framework-manual
50 page manual


Course Materials for Manufacturing System Design
http://people.orie.cornell.edu/~jackson/aseehtml.html


http://sitemaker.umich.edu/asibu/files/me483_outline.pdf


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_Systems_Engineering


Design and Analysis of Integrated Manufacturing Systems, 1988
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=1100&page=1

Manufacturing System Design of Automotive Bumper
Journal of Manufacturing Systems Paper 2001
http://autobumper.net/paper10.pdf

Teaching Production System Design with Axiomatic Design Methodology
http://www.axiomaticdesign.com/technology/icad/icad2000/icad2000_059.pdf




Integrate Ergonomics into Production Systems Design
http://digitalcommons.ryerson.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1020&context=ie



Digital Manufacturing
ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/ims/docs/3-8-rusina.pdf


Decision Elements in the Design of a Consumer Electronics Assembly Plant
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-763j-manufacturing-system-and-supply-chain-design-spring-2005/lecture-notes/furey_thesis.pdf

Book
Manufacturing Systems Design and Analysis
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=5LXAKJ-6NMsC


Thursday, May 3, 2012

Aggregate Inventory Management and Aggregate Planning

Aggregate Inventory Management and Aggregate Planning

Aggregate Inventory Management and Aggregate Planning

Authors

Collected Knols