Essays about: "Toyota Production System"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 35 essays containing the words Toyota Production System.

  1. 26. From Japan to Sweden; Lean Product Development System in Cultural Contexts

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Author : Oraphin Preechachanchai; Promporn Wangwacharakul; [2011]
    Keywords : Lean; Product development; Lean Product Development System; LPDS; Japanese LPDS; Swedish LPDS; Change management; Creativity fostering;

    Abstract : Irresistibly, Lean has been well-known among manufacturers around the world for quite sometimes due to Toyota success story of Toyota Production System (TPS) or so-called Lean manufacturing. Now that many organizations are going toward the concept of Lean enterprise, this thesis tries to study about Lean Product Development System (LPDS) which is a part it. READ MORE

  2. 27. Lean för lantbruksföretaget : utvärdering av industriellt managementsystem i agrar kontext

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Carl Dyrendahl; Johan Granath; [2011]
    Keywords : lean; ledningssystem; management; företagsstyrning; lantbruk; balanserat styrkort; förbättringsarbete;

    Abstract : The competitiveness and profitability of swedish farm enterprises is frequently discussed in agricultural media. Increased exposure to the surrounding world with greater competitive pressure and considerable price fluctuations in the agricultural markets demand new ways of acting to secure the agricultural sector’s long-term survival and profitability. READ MORE

  3. 28. Customer Value Driven Continuous Improvements in Sales and Services

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Ekonomihögskolan

    Author : Joakim Olsson; Magnus Flodberg; [2011]
    Keywords : CVAM; customer value driven continuous improvement; customer value; continuous improvements; lean; Six Sigma ; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Title: Customer Value Driven Continuous Improvements in Sales and Service - Introducing the Customer Value Assessment Method (CVAM) Authors: Magnus Flodberg and Joakim Olsson Supervisors: Fredrik Häglund, Institute of Economic Research, Department of Business Administration, School of Economics and Management, Lund University Bertil I. Nilsson, Industrial Management and Logistics, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University Problematization: Carlson Wholesale System (CWS) is a system for working with continuous improvements in sales and service processes, developed with inspiration from the Toyota Production System and Carlson’s own Carlson Manufacturing System (CMS). READ MORE

  4. 29. Core Enterprise's Partner Selection in a Green Supply Chain

    University essay from Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och Samhällsbyggnad; Centrum för logistik och innovativ produktion

    Author : Tingting Xiang; Sujing Xu; [2011]
    Keywords : green supply chain; core enterprise; AHP analysis; ANP model; partner selection;

    Abstract : Core enterprise is the center of Green Supply Chain (GSC) and it helps partners to meet the environmental standards and to improve GSC’s performance. However there are two questions for core enterprise when it establishes GSC: What roles do core enterprise play in GSC? How does core enterprise improve GSC’s performance? What criterions are considered when core enterprise chooses partners in GSC?   In order to answer these questions, this paper will use following methods: firstly, Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and Analytic network process (ANP) have be used to study on three research companies (IKEA, TOYOTA and Apple); Secondly, six interviews with research companies’ employees. READ MORE

  5. 30. Conditioning the Supply Chain in a Fast Moving Consumer Goods Business : Using value stream mapping to visualise, condition, manage information and product flow in Oriflame

    University essay from KTH/Industriell produktion

    Author : Ghaffari Ehsan; [2010]
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    Abstract : Oriflame, since it was founded in Sweden in 1967 has become a major player in the cosmetics industry. The impressive annual growth of 17% that Oriflame has had in the last 17 years requires evidently a lot from the supply processes. READ MORE