The Toyota Production System (TPS) (トヨタ生産方式) is the framework and philosophy organizing the manufacturing facilities at Toyota and the interaction of these facilities with the suppliers and customers. The main goal of the TPS is to eliminate waste (無駄, muda). There are 4 kinds of waste found in the TPS:
- Excessive Production Resources
- Excessive Facilities
- Excessive Workforce
- Overproduction
- Excessive Inventory
- Unnecessary Capital Investments
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Yasuhiro Monden: "Toyota Production System, An Integrated Approach to Just-In-Time", Third edition, Engineering Management Press, 1997Commonly used terminology in TPS:
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