Chapter 3 As a system of economies of scale based on individual efficiency the traditional mass production system has inherent contradictions
One of which is that it cannot create congruency between profit and cash flow. With the image of the TPS house fresh in our minds, let’s now attempt to demonstrate it by contrasting the mass production system with the Toyota Production System.
Batch of conveyance to reduce cost conflicts with quality and lead-time
Myopically focused on individual asset utilization, machine, and people, to reduce product costs, mass production is a push system. Processes along value streams are isolated and disconnected because, traditionally, we organize machines functionally by their type ...
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