Here is the first comprehensive and systematic explanation of the management system that drives the world's leading automaker. The development of JIT production at Toyota and the company's achievement of unprecedented levels of productivity were made possible by its supportive, integrated management system. This book reveals for the first time exactly how that management system works. It looks carefully at each of Toyota's seven management subsystems and how they work as an integrated whole.
Chapter 1 : Financial Management System
Chapter 2 : Target Costing and Kaizen Costing in the Japanese Automobile Industry
Chapter 3 : Functional Management to Promote Companywide Coordination : Total Quality Control and Total Cost Management
Chapter 4 : Flat Organization and Personnel Management
Chapter 5 : Sales Management System
Chapter 6 : New Product Development System
Chapter 7 : Production Management System : Integration of SIS, CIM, and JIT
Chapter 8 : International Production Strategies of Japanese Automakers