Modern Lean principals – Dr. Demmings & Dr Shingo, 1950s Toyota.
Lean was first seem in concept by Ford motor Company with the assembly line and later refined in Japan by the Toyota Motor Company beginning in the 1950s. Called the Toyota Production System (TPS), it was defined as: “A philosophical approach to business that is based on satisfying the customer (whether internal or external) by producing quality products that are just what they need, when they need them, in the quantity required, using the minimum of materials, equipment, space, labor and time.” Most of the new ideas of Lean manufacturing are based on the work of Dr. William E. Demmings and Dr. Shigeo Shingo. The Toyota Motor Company was the first to introduce the combined system of ideas which became known as Lean Manufacturing.
Fords assembly line.
Toyota's Production System (TPS) first introduced a combination of Lean principals called lean Manufacturing.
Lean is a common sense way to take care of the customer.
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