Automaker Toyota Motor Corp (NYSE: TM) disrupted the automotive industry when it developed a lean manufacturing process known as the Toyota Production System. It's a system that focuses on eliminating ...

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he Toyota Production System, which was developed from the late 1940s through the mid-1970s by top Toyota executives to improve the company’s manufacturing processes, is now used by numerous companies ...

As a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) between 1975 and 1991, James P. Womack directed a series of comparative studies of world manufacturing practices. In 1990, ...

While Lean principles have been known and applied in a variety of manufacturing processes, the applications in product development have been slower to come. Several companies have also applied Lean to ...

SmartPlanet colleagues Andrew Nusca and Larry Dignan have been doing a great job following the debacle involving Toyota’s sticky gas pedals, and point to discussions about how the automaker's ...

Hess Corp is taking a page out of Toyota’s manufacturing book as it looks to cut costs and thrive at $40 oil. Automaker Toyota Motor Corp (NYSE: TM) disrupted the automotive industry when it developed ...