Japanese approaches to production

Japanese approaches to production Author: Dave Needham

Fordism • Early C20th industrial system in the United States

Post Second World War • Development of new Japanese manufacturing techniques based on Quality

Quality Circles • Started in 1962 • A small group of workers from the same work area who meet to identify, analyse and resolve work based issues.

Total Quality Management • An approach to quality based on the participation of all employees aimed at achieving long-term success. • Covers the whole organization. • What are the 8 principles of quality management?

Just In Time - JIT • An inventory based strategy. • The process is driven by a series of signals.

Kanban • A signal in the JIT system.

Kaizen • Continuous small step improvement

5 S’s • Seiri – tidy • Seiton – order • Seiso – clean • Seiketsu – standardised clean up • Shitsuke - discipline

Gemba • Going to the shop floor to identify problems – particularly customer problems

Jidoka • Automation with a human touch • Detect the fault • Stop • Fix or correct the immediate problem • Find out the root cause and solve Involves automatic detection of errors

Japanese approaches to production

Japanese approaches to production

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