Toyota produces quality products efficiently by eliminating waste, inconsistencies, and unreasonable requirements generated in the production process (known in Japanese as muda, mura, muri).
In order to fulfill orders from customers as quickly as possible, We make vehicles efficiently in the shortest possible time by complying with the following
The Toyota Production System was developed on the basis of eliminating total waste in order to achieve the most efficient method of Sakichi Toyoda's thinking starting with his own automatic
loom machine. TPS was developed through years of trials to improve efficiency based on the Just-in-Time concept developed by Kiichiro Toyoda as Founder and Second President
of Toyota Motor Corporation.
In this production process, waste can be manifest as excess inventory, ineffective production steps, product defects, and others. All of this “waste” eventually can increase inefficiency
and impact Toyota's management.
The automatic loom invented by Sakichi Toyoda started out manually and was later developed so that it can do the job automatically. The development carried out by Sakichi Toyoda can eliminate product defects and inefficiencies so that machine productivity increases, efficient, and works quickly.
Furthermore, Kiichiro Toyoda, who inherited this, re-developed production machines to achieve ideal conditions in creating value-added products without generating waste. To that end,
Kiichiro Toyoda developed a methodology and technique to eliminate waste during machine operation which is now referred to as the "Just-in-Time" method.
The thoughts of “Daily Improvements” and “Good Thinking, Good Products” made TPS develop into a world-famous production system. Currently all Toyota production divisions are constantly developing TPS to ensure this method can develop sustainably.
These developments make the spirit of Toyota Monozukuri (Making Something) or "Toyota Way" now adopted, both by Japanese companies, the automotive industry, and in production activities around the world.
The term of Jishuken is taken from two Japanese words, namely Jishu and Kenkyu which means
"self-independent investigation" or the ability to investigate problems and make improvement plans/activities independently.
Jishuken is a form of training to ensure the skill transfer process and improvement
of the quality of resources carried out by Toyota, both internally and to all suppliers in the implementation
of the Toyota Production System.