The Toyota Production System
The art of ‘Just-in-time’ delivery
The Toyota Production System fulfils customer demand efficiently and promptly by linking all production activity to real marketplace demand.
It starts with customer orders and culminates in timely deliveries of finished products. It relies on fine-tuned processes in the assembly sequence using only the quantities of items required and only when they are needed. We call this ‘just-in-time’ production.
One of the major advantages of this concept, besides the reduced need for maintaining large stocks of parts, is its adaptability. It creates a ‘pull’ production that precisely answers changing market demand.
At Toyota, we believe this adaptability is an integral part of our success.