Editing Toyota Production System (section)

==Commonly used terminology<!--linked from 'Obeya'-->==
* [[Andon (manufacturing)|Andon]] (行灯) (English: A large lighted board used to alert floor supervisors to a problem at a specific station. Literally: Signboard)
* Chaku-Chaku (着々 or 着着) (English: Load-Load)<ref name="glossary">{{Cite web|url=http://leanhorizons.com/lean-glossary-terms/|title=Glossary of Lean Terms|website=Lean Horizons Consulting}}</ref>
* [[Gemba]] (現場) (English: The actual place, the place where the real work is done; On site)
* [[Genchi Genbutsu]] (現地現物) (English: Go and see for yourself)
* [[Hansei]] (反省) (English: Self-reflection)
* [[Heijunka]] (平準化) (English: Production Smoothing)
* [[Jidoka]] (自働化) (English: Autonomation - automation with human intelligence)
* [[Just In Time (business)|Just-in-Time]] (ジャストインタイム "Jasutointaimu") (JIT)
* [[Kaizen]] (改善) (English: Continuous Improvement)
* [[Kanban]] (看板, also かんばん) (English: Sign, Index Card)
* [[Manufacturing supermarket]] where all components are available to be withdrawn by a process
* [[Muda (Japanese term)|Muda]] (無駄, also ムダ) (English: Waste)
* [[Mura (Japanese term)|Mura]] (斑 or ムラ) (English: Unevenness)
* [[Muri (Japanese term)|Muri]] (無理) (English: Overburden)
* [[Nemawashi]] (根回し) (English: Laying the groundwork, building consensus, literally: Going around the roots)
* [[Obeya]] (大部屋) (English: Manager's meeting. Literally: Large room, war room, council room)
* [[Poka-yoke]] (ポカヨケ) (English:  fail-safing, bulletproofing - to avoid (''yokeru'') inadvertent errors (''poka'')
* Seibi (English: To Prepare)
* [[Seiri]] (整理) (English: Sort, removing whatever isn't necessary.)<ref name="glossary" />
* [[Seiton]] (整頓) (English: Organize)<ref name="glossary" />
* [[Seiso]] (清掃) (English: Clean and inspect)<ref name="glossary" />
* [[Seiketsu]] (清潔) (English: Standardize)<ref name="glossary" />
* [[Shitsuke]] (躾) (English: Sustain)<ref name="glossary" />