Quality

Tarah Warner

Roots of Quality

Sakichi Toyoda perfected the Total Quality Control System

with building automatic looms in the early 20th century.
Early 1960s: Toyota implements Total Quality Management
to solve quality issues and prevent reoccurrences.
Recalls=An opportunity to learn.
As a result of implementing TQM, quality of products and
consumer trust increased.
Toyota also uses JIT as part of TQM. Example: Kanban
System

Toyota Production System

TPS was created by the second president of Toyota,
Kiichiro Toyoda, after introducing it to the assembly line
within a textile plant.
The TPS strives for a zero waste factor.
Waste is defined as excess inventory, extra processing
steps in the manufacturing process, and/or defective
products.
Toyota utilizes machines that have Jidoka, which means
automation with a human touch.
The concept of Jidoka revolves around stopping a
machine if something breaks, so that there arent any
defective products in production. Productivity and quality
rise, while costs decrease.

"Daily Improvements,
Good Thinking, Good Products
The philosophy of TPS is for people, machines, and the
facilities to work together without creating additional
waste.
The design phase of products also encompasses creating
the most efficient processes when the product goes into
production.
People are not problems, its the processes of doing things
that create waste and challenges.
All of Toyotas production facilities and divisions have
adopted TPS and make improvements every single day
within operations.
This philosophy and way of doing things has also been
adopted by firms throughout the world and within many
different industries.

Sources
Origin of the Toyota Production
System. Toyota Official Site. (n.d.).
Retrieved June 17, 2015, from
http://www.toyota.com/