Editing Toyota Production System (section)

{{Short description|Management system developed by Toyota}}
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The '''Toyota Production System''' ('''TPS''') is an integrated [[socio-technical system]], developed by [[Toyota]], that comprises its management philosophy and practices. The TPS is a [[management system]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ohno|first=Taiichi|title=Toyota Production System|publisher=Productivity Press|year=1988|isbn=0-915299-14-3|location=New York, NY|pages=XV}}</ref> that organizes manufacturing and logistics for the automobile manufacturer, including interaction with suppliers and customers. The system is a major precursor of the more generic "[[lean manufacturing]]". [[Taiichi Ohno]] and [[Eiji Toyoda]], Japanese industrial engineers, developed the system between 1948 and 1975.<ref>{{cite web |website=Strategos-International |url=http://www.strategosinc.com/toyota_production.htm |title=Toyota Production System and Lean Manufacturing |access-date=2008-03-25 |archive-date=2017-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508045506/http://www.strategosinc.com/toyota_production.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Originally called "Just-in-time production", it builds on the approach created by the founder of Toyota, [[Sakichi Toyoda]], his son [[Kiichiro Toyoda]], and the engineer [[Taiichi Ohno]]. The principles underlying the TPS are embodied in [[The Toyota Way]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Marksberry |first=Phillip |date=2011-01-01 |title=The Toyota Way – a quantitative approach |url=https://doi.org/10.1108/20401461111135028 |journal=International Journal of Lean Six Sigma |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=132–150 |doi=10.1108/20401461111135028 |issn=2040-4166|url-access=subscription }}</ref>