Toyota Production System development (1948–1975)

1. TPS development begins in postwar shortages

   Jan 1, 1948Labels: Taiichi Ohno, Eiji Toyoda, Postwar Japan

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2. Eiji Toyoda studies Ford’s River Rouge model

   Jan 1, 1950Labels: Eiji Toyoda, Ford River

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3. Labor dispute forces major restructuring at Toyota

   Sep 1, 1950Labels: Toyota, 1950 labor

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4. Kanban logic applied in Toyota’s main plant machine shop

   Jan 1, 1953Labels: Kanban, Toyota main

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5. Supermarket method introduced for internal parts supply

   Jan 1, 1954Labels: Supermarket method, Just-in-Time

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6. Ohno becomes a director, expanding shop-floor reforms

   Jan 1, 1954Labels: Taiichi Ohno, Shop-floor reforms

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7. Motomachi Plant opens as Toyota’s passenger-car mass plant

   Aug 8, 1959Labels: Motomachi Plant, Passenger cars

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8. Kanban management system adopted across Toyota plants

   Jan 1, 1963Labels: Kanban management, Toyota plants

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9. Toyota extends kanban methods to outside suppliers

   Jan 1, 1965Labels: Suppliers, Kanban

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10. Takaoka Plant opens to scale Corolla production

    Sep 1, 1966Labels: Takaoka Plant, Corolla

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11. Ohno becomes senior managing director, strengthening TPS governance

    Jan 1, 1970Labels: Taiichi Ohno, TPS governance

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12. Oil crisis validates low-inventory, waste-cutting production

    Oct 1, 1973Labels: 1973 oil, Automotive industry

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13. Ohno becomes executive vice president as TPS reaches maturity

    Jan 1, 1975Labels: Taiichi Ohno, TPS maturity

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