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they occur, (ii) reinforce production operators’ high-tech machine operating skills
and manufacturing capabilities, and (iii) visualize the above using IT in order to
reform production information systems to create a global network of production
sites around the world.
e six core technologies that constitute this model and their characteristics are
described below.
1. Reform of production planning: e TPS-LAS is a production optimization
system intended to realize a highly reliable production system by optimiz-
ing the layout of both the production site as a whole and each production
process with regard to ...