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To accomplish this, Toyota has been viewing the two technologies above as the
dual pillars of its management technology (Amasaka, 2002, 2004a). As shown in
Figure 2.1 (refer to Chapter 2), through the combination of these two pillars, a
rational management attitude has been consistently maintained so that deviations
like large tidal waves can be reduced to small uctuations similar to gentle ripples,
which enables the constant improvement of average values.
is involves the continuation and improvement of QCD research activities while
incorporating the SQC method from the standpoint of the hardware technology–based
Toyota Production System and the software technology–based TQM, which are repre ...