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.
Author(s): Takahiro Fujimoto
Edition: 1
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 400
Tags: Транспорт;Автомобильная и тракторная техника;
Contents......Page 10
PART I: Emergence and Functions of the Total Manufacturing System......Page 12
1. An Evolutionary Framework for Manufacturing......Page 14
2. System Emergence at Toyota: History......Page 36
3. System Emergence at Toyota: Reinterpretation......Page 68
4. The Anatomy of Manufacturing Routines: An Information View......Page 96
PART II: Emergence and Functions of the Three Subsystems: Supplier, Development, and Production......Page 138
5. Evolution of the Black Box Parts Supplier System......Page 140
6. Evolution of Product Development Routines......Page 184
7. Evolution of Toyota's New Assembly System......Page 234
8. Conclusion: Toyota as a "Prepared Organization"......Page 282
Appendix A. The Evolutionary Framework: Generic and Specific......Page 290
Appendix B. The Basics of Toyota-style Manufacturing......Page 298
Notes......Page 332
References......Page 360
A......Page 376
C......Page 377
D......Page 378
E......Page 379
G......Page 380
I......Page 381
L......Page 382
M......Page 383
O......Page 384
P......Page 385
R......Page 386
S......Page 387
T......Page 389
W......Page 390
Z......Page 391
