Modifying the Toyota Production System for continuous performance improvement in an academic children's hospital.

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Stapleton, F Bruder; Hendricks, James; Hagan, Patrick; DelBeccaro, Mark

2009-08-01

The Toyota Production System (TPS) has become a successful model for improving efficiency and eliminating errors in manufacturing processes. In an effort to provide patients and families with the highest quality clinical care, our academic children's hospital has modified the techniques of the TPS for a program in continuous performance improvement (CPI) and has expanded its application to educational and research programs. Over a period of years, physicians, nurses, residents, administrators, and hospital staff have become actively engaged in a culture of continuous performance improvement. This article provides background into the methods of CPI and describes examples of how we have applied these methods for improvement in clinical care, resident teaching, and research administration.

"The Toyota Way". LEAN, more than a kit of tools and techniques

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SERGIO JULIÁN GARCÍA; ASIER TOLEDANO DE DIEGO; NAGORE MAÑES SIERRA

2009-01-01

When speaking about LEAN, people immediately think about Toyota and its continuous success. Accordingly, many companies have tried to follow its model: the TPS (Toyota Production System) or the LEAN model, based on it. However, few ones have achieved it. We think the book «The Toyota way» gives the answer through fourteen principles that we are commenting in this article.

Toyota production system quality improvement initiative improves perioperative antibiotic therapy.

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Burkitt, Kelly H; Mor, Maria K; Jain, Rajiv; Kruszewski, Matthew S; McCray, Ellesha E; Moreland, Michael E; Muder, Robert R; Obrosky, David Scott; Sevick, Mary Ann; Wilson, Mark A; Fine, Michael J

2009-09-01

To assess the role of a Toyota production system (TPS) quality improvement (QI) intervention on appropriateness of perioperative antibiotic therapy and in length of hospital stay (LOS) among surgical patients. Pre-post quasi-experimental study using local and national retrospective cohorts. We used TPS methods to implement a multifaceted intervention to reduce nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections on a Veterans Affairs surgical unit, which led to a QI intervention targeting appropriate perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis. Appropriate perioperative antibiotic therapy was defined as selection of the recommended antibiotic agents for a duration not exceeding 24 hours from the time of the operation. The local computerized medical record system was used to identify patients undergoing the 25 most common surgical procedures and to examine changes in appropriate antibiotic therapy and LOS over time. Overall, 2550 surgical admissions were identified from the local computerized medical records. The proportion of surgical admissions receiving appropriate perioperative antibiotics was significantly higher (P <.01) in 2004 after initiation of the TPS intervention (44.0%) compared with the previous 4 years (range, 23.4%-29.8%) primarily because of improvements in compliance with antibiotic therapy duration rather than appropriate antibiotic selection. There was no statistically significant decrease in LOS over time. The use of TPS methods resulted in a QI intervention that was associated with an increase in appropriate perioperative antibiotic therapy among surgical patients, without affecting LOS.

The Toyota Production Systems fundamental nature at selected South African organisations A learning perspective

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Nortje, F. D.

2013-05-01

Full Text Available The Toyota Production System (TPS has been cited as being the pinnacle of continuous improvement approaches in manufacturing organisations, and many models of the TPS are well known. However, some authors question the effectiveness of established approaches, and propose Batesons theory of learning [1] to be an effective way to explain phenomena like the TPS. This paper investigates the degree to which TPS elements are found in selected South African organisations. It constructs a model of the TPS using Bateson's theory of learning as a framework. The adoption of TPS elements is investigated through multiple qualitative case studies in seven organisations. The analysis follows a clustering and cross-case approach combined with pattern matching. While elements vary in their use, the selected organisations practise the TPS substantially less than the model advocates, with the model being least practised in low volume job/batch manufacturing. Product-process differences and higher levels of the TPS model may clarify peculiar outcomes.

Applying Toyota production system techniques for medication delivery: improving hospital safety and efficiency.

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Newell, Terry L; Steinmetz-Malato, Laura L; Van Dyke, Deborah L

2011-01-01

The inpatient medication delivery system used at a large regional acute care hospital in the Midwest had become antiquated and inefficient. The existing 24-hr medication cart-fill exchange process with delivery to the patients' bedside did not always provide ordered medications to the nursing units when they were needed. In 2007 the principles of the Toyota Production System (TPS) were applied to the system. Project objectives were to improve medication safety and reduce the time needed for nurses to retrieve patient medications. A multidisciplinary team was formed that included representatives from nursing, pharmacy, informatics, quality, and various operational support departments. Team members were educated and trained in the tools and techniques of TPS, and then designed and implemented a new pull system benchmarking the TPS Ideal State model. The newly installed process, providing just-in-time medication availability, has measurably improved delivery processes as well as patient safety and satisfaction. Other positive outcomes have included improved nursing satisfaction, reduced nursing wait time for delivered medications, and improved efficiency in the pharmacy. After a successful pilot on two nursing units, the system is being extended to the rest of the hospital. © 2010 National Association for Healthcare Quality.

Applying the Toyota Production System: using a patient safety alert system to reduce error.

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Furman, Cathie; Caplan, Robert

2007-07-01

In 2002, Virginia Mason Medical Center (VMMC) adapted the Toyota Production System, also known as lean manufacturing. To translate the techniques of zero defects and stopping the line into health care, the Patient Safety Alert (PSA) system requires any employee who encounters a situation that is likely to harm a patient to make an immediate report and to cease any activity that could cause further harm (stopping the line). IMPLEMENTING THE PSA SYSTEM--STOPPING THE LINE: If any VMMC employee's practice or conduct is deemed capable of causing harm to a patient, a PSA can cause that person to be stopped from working until the problem is resolved. A policy statement, senior executive commitment, dedicated resources, a 24-hour hotline, and communication were all key features of implementation. As of December 2006, 6,112 PSA reports were received: 20% from managers, 8% from physicians, 44% from nurses, and 23% from nonclinical support personnel, for example. The number of reports received per month increased from an average of 3 in 2002 to 285 in 2006. Most reports were processed within 24 hours and were resolved within 2 to 3 weeks. Implementing the PSA system has drastically increased the number of safety concerns that are resolved at VMMC, while drastically reducing the time it takes to resolve them. Transparent discussion and feedback have helped promote staff acceptance and participation.

How much of Toyota's philosophy is embedded in health care at the organisational level? A review.

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Antierens, Alain; Beeckman, Dimitri; Verhaeghe, Sofie; Myny, Dries; Van Hecke, Ann

2018-05-01

Identify which of Toyota's principles are reported in health care institutions at the organisational level and to identify the type of reported outcomes related to the effectiveness of lean production reported in these studies. No scientific research has been conducted to determine which of Toyota's principles are embedded in health care systems. This knowledge is needed to perform targeted adjustments in health care. Sixty studies were identified for the final analysis. Some Toyota Way principles appear more deeply embedded in health care institutions than others are. Not all principles of Toyota's philosophy and production system were embedded in the studies in this review. The type of reported outcomes at the organisational level was diverse. This literature review increases our knowledge about how many (and which) of the Toyota Way principles are embedded in health care. This knowledge may support reflection by nursing managers about how the full range of lean management principles could be embedded at the managerial and/or operational level. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

A comparative study and analysis of an optimized control strategy for the toyota hybrid system

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Hofman, Theo; Purnot, Thijs

2009-01-01

The Toyota Prius equipped with the Toyota Hybrid System (THS) II vehicle uses a combination of a combustion engine and two electric machines in order to increase the efficiency and the fuel economy. The Energy Management Strategy (EMS) of the THS II is analyzed using measurement data collected with

Development of Traction Drive Motors for the Toyota Hybrid System

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Kamiya, Munehiro

Toyota Motor Corporation developed in 2005 a new hybrid system for a large SUV. This system included the new development of a high-speed traction drive motor achieving a significant increase in power weight ratio. This paper provides an overview of the hybrid system, discusses the characteristics required of a traction drive motor, and presents the technologies employed in the developed motor.

Improving Formwork Engineering Using the Toyota Way

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Jiun-De Kuo

2011-07-01

Full Text Available Construction is a labor-intensive industry with formwork engineering requiring a disproportionate amount of labor and costs. Formwork accounts for approximately one-third of the cost of reinforced concrete construction, partly because traditional formwork processes frequently result in delivery delays and material waste. The purpose of this research is to adapt production concepts pioneered by Toyota (the “Toyota Way” to improve formwork engineering. The Toyota Way of production consists of four tiers of management philosophy, known as the “4Ps” model. This research adopts the 4Ps as steps for formwork improvement. The first step, “establishing long term vision,” emphasizes long term considerations for formwork improvement. Step two, “establishing value streams,” reviews formwork flows and eliminates wastage. The third step, “developing the crew,” forms mold workers as a team. The final step is “developing a culture of continuous improvement” that provides a basis for constant review and provides a basis for continuous progress. The present research used the Toyota Way to improve formwork engineering. The improvements include reductions in resource waste and increases in operational value. In the long run, the proposed model could provide a learning and growth platform for individuals, the business unit, and the company’s extended network of partners. It could also serve to spur innovative thinking in the improvement of formwork engineering.

Takt-time: conceitos e contextualização dentro do Sistema Toyota de Produção Takt-time: concepts and context in Toyota Production System

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Roberto dos Reis Alvarez

2001-04-01

Full Text Available O presente trabalho tem como preocupação central esclarecer, o máximo possível, o conceito de takt-time, na medida em que se pode observar um hiato na literatura que trata do tema em relação à compreensão das diferenças conceituais entre esse e as definições de tempo de ciclo e tempo padrão. Procura-se estabelecer uma conceituação rigorosa desses termos, tendo como referência básica os princípios gerais do Sistema Toyota de Produção (STP. Enfatiza-se a importância crucial da variável tempo para a gestão dos sistemas de produção, partindo-se da problemática da sincronização do fluxo dos materiais ao longo do tempo e do espaço no STP. Nesse contexto, ressalta-se a centralidade do takt-time na gestão da produção em diferentes aspectos do Sistema. Nuances relativas à flexibilidade também são destacadas. Os pontos conceituais que marcam a lógica da utilização do takt-time, a partir da ótica mais ampla da sincronização da produção, permitem identificar os limites de aplicação da sistemática. Finalmente, é analisada a relação da sistemática de gestão baseada na definição do takt-time com as lógicas da qualidade assegurada e da formação de recursos humanos.This text aims at clarifying, as much as possible, the concept of takt-time, considering that it is possible to perceive a gap in the literature in relation to the understanding of the conceptual differences between this and the definition of cycle time. An attempt to establish a rigorous conceptual framework for the understanding of the terms is made here, taking the principles of the Toyota Production System (TPS as a basic reference. Based on the problem of synchronizing materials flow along time and space in the TPS, the emphasis is put on the comprehension of time as a fundamental variable for production systems' management. In such a context, takt-time's central role in TPS' management scheme is highlighted. Aspects concerning the

The newly developed Toyota plug-in hybrid system

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Takaoka, Toshifumi; Ichinose, Hiroki [Toyota Motor Corporation (Japan)

2010-07-01

Toyota has been introducing several hybrid vehicles (HV) as a countermeasure to the automobile's concerns, like CO2 reduction, energy security, and emission reduction in urban areas. A next step towards an even more effective solution for these concerns is a plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHV). This vehicle combines the advantages of electric vehicles (EV), which use clean electric energy, and HV, with it's high environmental potential and user- friendliness comparable to conventional vehicles, such as a long cruising range. This paper describes a newly developed plug-in hybrid system and its vehicle performance. This system uses a Li-ion battery with high energy density and has an affordable EV range without sacrificing cabin space. The vehicle achieves a CO2 emission of 59g/km and meets the most stringent emission regulations in the world. The new PHV is a forerunner of the large-scale mass production PHV two years later. PHVs have the potential to become popular as a realistic solution towards sustainable mobility by renewable electricity usage in the future. (orig.)

Learning from Toyota: How Action Learning Can Foster Competitive Advantage in New Product Development (NPD)

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Fuchs, Barbara

2007-01-01

New product development and commercialization are essential to entrepreneurial growth and international competitiveness. Excellence in this area is strongly supported by individual and organizational learning efforts. By analyzing how Japanese car manufacturer Toyota organizes learning, this paper evaluates the potential of action learning to…

Using Toyota's A3 Thinking for Analyzing MBA Business Cases

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Anderson, Joe S.; Morgan, James N.; Williams, Susan K.

2011-01-01

A3 Thinking is fundamental to Toyota's benchmark management philosophy and to their lean production system. It is used to solve problems, gain agreement, mentor team members, and lead organizational improvements. A structured problem-solving approach, A3 Thinking builds improvement opportunities through experience. We used "The Toyota…

Toyota Prius Hybrid Plug-in Conversation and Battery Monitoring system

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Unnikannan, Krishnanunni; McIntyre, Michael; Harper, Doug; Kessinger, Robert; Young, Megan; Lantham, Joseph

2012-03-01

The objective of the project was to analyze the performance of a Toyota Hybrid. We started off with a stock Toyota Prius and taking data by driving it in city and on the highway in a mixed pre-determined route. The batteries can be charged using standard 120V AC outlets. First phase of the project was to increase the performance of the car by installing 20 Lead (Pb) batteries in a plug-in kit. To improve the performance of the kit, a centralized battery monitoring system was installed. The battery monitoring system has two components, a custom data modules and a National Instruments CompactRIO. Each Pb battery has its own data module and all the data module are connected to the CompactRIO. The CompactRIO records differential voltage, current and temperature from all the 20 batteries. The LabVIEW software is dynamic and can be reconfigured to any number of batteries and real time data from the batteries can be monitored on a LabVIEW enabled machine.

Strategi Pemasaran Komunitas And Implikasinya Pada Loyalitas Merek Toyota Di Indonesia [Community Marketing Strategy and Its Implication on Brand Loyalty Toyota in Indonesia

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Aditya Wardhana

2016-10-01

Full Text Available This research study examined the strategic community marketing and its impact on brand loyalty of Toyota in Indonesia. Elements of the strategic community marketing were: (a critical awareness and reflection, (b building community identity, political and legislative actions, (c culturally relevant practice, (d spontaneous associations of neighbors, colleagues, or groups with a particular interest in a topic, (e leadership in communities; (f empowerment; and (g critical reflection. Elements of the brand loyalty were: perceived risk, inertia, habit, involvement, satisfaction, and relationship between product or service providers. The population of this study was 4,000 customers from 29 Toyota communities in Indonesia who used Toyota cars. The size of the sample was 400 respondents. The sampling method used nonprobability sampling by incidental sampling. The results by using structural equation modeling (SEM found significant impacts of strategic marketing community on brand loyalty of Toyota in Indonesia.

ANALISIS SISTEM INFORMASI AKUNTANSI PENJUALAN PADA PT HADJI KALLA (TOYOTA CABANG PINRANG

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Full Text Available Andi Mujahidah, (2015 "Accounting Information System Analysis Sales At PT Hadji Kalla (Toyota Branch Pinrang" under the guidance of Mrs. Faridah, SE., M.Si, .AK, .ca as first counselor and Mr. Thanwain, SE ,. M.Si as supervisor II. Accounting Information Systems are very important in the sales function remembers every sales transaction must involve the responsibility of a few people within the company. To improve the handling of the sale of the company it needed an adequate internal control sales in its implementation. Problems in this study as follows: (1 How the application of accounting information system of sales at PT Hadji Kalla (Toyota Branch Pinrang? (2 How can the application of the system of credit sales at PT Hadji Kalla (Toyota Branch Pinrang? The research objective is to determine: (1 The application of accounting information system of sales at PT Hadji Kalla (Toyota Branch Pinrang. (2 Analysis of credit sales at PT Hadji Kalla (Toyota Branch Pinrang. The method used is the comparative method and data collection through interviews. After the author doing research and comparing the elements of sale accounting information system applied by PT Hadji Kalla (Toyota Branch Pinrang with elements of information systems sales accounting standard, the writer can say that the PT Hadji Kalla (Toyota Branch Pinrang has implemented a system sales accounting information as appropriate, in order to increase sales, it will have an impact on the company's assets will increase sales and accounting data accuracy and reliability is assured.

Pragmatic evaluation of the Toyota Production System (TPS analysis procedure for problem solving with entry-level nurses

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Lukasz Maciej Mazur

2008-12-01

Full Text Available Medication errors occurring in hospitals are a growing national concern. These medication errors and their related costs (or wastes are seen as major factors leading to increased patient safety risks and increased waste in the hospital setting.  This article presents a study in which sixteen entry-level nurses utilized a Toyota Production System (TPS analysis procedure to solve medication delivery problems at one community hospital. The objective of this research was to study and evaluate the TPS analysis procedure for problem solving with entry-level nurses. Personal journals, focus group discussions, and a survey study were used to collect data about entry-level nurses’ perceptions of using the TPS problem solving approach to study medication delivery. A regression analysis was used to identify characteristics that enhance problem solving efforts. In addition, propositions for effective problem solving by entry-level nurses to aid in the reduction of medication errors in healthcare delivery settings are offered.

Toyota ületas kiirust / Tarvo Vaarmets

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Vaarmets, Tarvo

2007-01-01

Jaapani autotootja Toyota Motor ületas majandusaasta esimese poole tulemuste põhjal USA konkurenti General Motorsit automüügi, tootmismahtude ja käibe osas. Edasiste prognooside osas jääb Toyota Motor siiski konservatiivseks. Diagramm: Toyota Motori aktsia on aastaga tõusnud 16 protsenti

Pengaruh Marketing Mix Terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Toyota Avanza Tipe G Di Surabaya

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Setiawan, Wilson

2014-01-01

This research aims to analyze the impact of elemen's marketing mix such as product, price, place and promotion to Purchase Decision Toyota Avanza Type G at Surabaya. And then, between four element of marketing mix, the dominant element's of marketing to affect Purchase Decision Toyota Avanza type G at Surabaya. This research was conducting by distributing questionnaires to 100 consumers of Toyota Avanza type G. Analysis tool used to measure the impact of Marketing Mix to Purchase Decisionis ...

Improving patient care in cardiac surgery using Toyota production system based methodology.

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Culig, Michael H; Kunkle, Richard F; Frndak, Diane C; Grunden, Naida; Maher, Thomas D; Magovern, George J

2011-02-01

A new cardiac surgery program was developed in a community hospital setting using the operational excellence (OE) method, which is based on the principles of the Toyota production system. The initial results of the first 409 heart operations, performed over the 28 months between March 1, 2008, and June 30, 2010, are presented. Operational excellence methodology was taught to the cardiac surgery team. Coaching started 2 months before the opening of the program and continued for 24 months. Of the 409 cases presented, 253 were isolated coronary artery bypass graft operations. One operative death occurred. According to the database maintained by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the risk-adjusted operative mortality rate was 61% lower than the regional rate. Likewise, the risk-adjusted rate of major complications was 57% lower than The Society of Thoracic Surgeons regional rate. Daily solution to determine cause was attempted on 923 distinct perioperative problems by all team members. Using the cost of complications as described by Speir and coworkers, avoiding predicted complications resulted in a savings of at least $884,900 as compared with the regional average. By the systematic use of a real time, highly formatted problem-solving methodology, processes of care improved daily. Using carefully disciplined teamwork, reliable implementation of evidence-based protocols was realized by empowering the front line to make improvements. Low rates of complications were observed, and a cost savings of $3,497 per each case of isolated coronary artery bypass graft was realized. Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Analisis Pelaksanaan Strategi Positioning pada Produk Toyota Avanza (Kasus Penjualan Toyota Avanza pada PT. Agung Automall Pekanbaru)

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Andri, Seno; Rinaldi, Oki

2015-01-01

PT. Agung Automall Sutomo Pekanbaru branch is one of Toyota dealers in Pekanbaru is located at Jl. Sutomo 13 Pekanbaru. PT Agung Automall Sutomo Pekanbaru branch charged with marketing activities for the products produced. Marketing includes the companys business that starts with identifying consumers needs should be satisfied, determine the products to be manufactured, determine appropriate product prices, determine ways of promotion and distribution / sale of such products, and eventually t...

Lean construction management the Toyota way

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Gao, Shang

2014-01-01

The book presents a mixed research method adopted to assess and present the Toyota Way practices within construction firms in general and for firms in China specifically. The results of an extensive structured questionnaire survey based on the Toyota Way-styled attributes identified were developed, and data collected from building professionals working in construction firms is presented. The quantitative data presented in the book explains the status quo of the Toyota Way-styled practices implemented in the construction industry, as well as the extent to which these attributes were perceived for lean construction management. The book highlights all the actionable attributes derived from the Toyota Way model appreciated by the building professionals, but alerts the readers that some attributes felled short of implementation. Further findings from in-depth interviews and case studies are also presented in the book to provide to readers an understanding how these Toyota Way practices can be implemented in real-l...

Kuidas Toyota suureks kasvas / Mart Kuusk

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Kuusk, Mart

2004-01-01

Maailma kasumlikumaks autotootjaks tõusnud Toyota edukusest maailmas, selle võimalikest põhjustest ning veel suurema turuosa hõivamisega seotud tulevikuplaanidest. Vt. samas: Toyota aktsia on sellel aastal hinnas

Lean management-the journey from toyota to healthcare.

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Teich, Sorin T; Faddoul, Fady F

2013-04-01

The evolution of production systems is tightly linked to the story of Toyota Motor Company (TMC) that has its roots around 1918. The term "lean" was coined in 1990 following the exploration of the Toyota model that led to the "transference" thesis sustaining the concept that manufacturing problems and technologies are universal problems faced by management and that these concepts can be emulated in non-Japanese enterprises. Lean is a multi-faceted concept and requires organizations to exert effort along several dimensions simultaneously; some consider a successful implementation either achieving major strategic components of lean, implementing practices to support operational aspects, or providing evidence that the improvements are sustainable in the long term. The article explores challenges and opportunities faced by organizations that intend incorporating lean management principles and presents the specific context of the healthcare industry. Finally, the concepts of "essential few" and customer value are illustrated through a simple example of process change following lean principles, which was implemented in a dental school in the United States.

Lean Management—The Journey from Toyota to Healthcare

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Sorin T. Teich

2013-04-01

Full Text Available The evolution of production systems is tightly linked to the story of Toyota Motor Company (TMC that has its roots around 1918. The term “lean” was coined in 1990 following the exploration of the Toyota model that led to the “transference” thesis sustaining the concept that manufacturing problems and technologies are universal problems faced by management and that these concepts can be emulated in non-Japanese enterprises. Lean is a multi-faceted concept and requires organizations to exert effort along several dimensions simultaneously; some consider a successful implementation either achieving major strategic components of lean, implementing practices to support operational aspects, or providing evidence that the improvements are sustainable in the long term. The article explores challenges and opportunities faced by organizations that intend incorporating lean management principles and presents the specific context of the healthcare industry. Finally, the concepts of “essential few” and customer value are illustrated through a simple example of process change following lean principles, which was implemented in a dental school in the United States.

Lean Management—The Journey from Toyota to Healthcare

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Teich, Sorin T.; Faddoul, Fady F.

2013-01-01

The evolution of production systems is tightly linked to the story of Toyota Motor Company (TMC) that has its roots around 1918. The term “lean” was coined in 1990 following the exploration of the Toyota model that led to the “transference” thesis sustaining the concept that manufacturing problems and technologies are universal problems faced by management and that these concepts can be emulated in non-Japanese enterprises. Lean is a multi-faceted concept and requires organizations to exert effort along several dimensions simultaneously; some consider a successful implementation either achieving major strategic components of lean, implementing practices to support operational aspects, or providing evidence that the improvements are sustainable in the long term. The article explores challenges and opportunities faced by organizations that intend incorporating lean management principles and presents the specific context of the healthcare industry. Finally, the concepts of “essential few” and customer value are illustrated through a simple example of process change following lean principles, which was implemented in a dental school in the United States. PMID:23908857

Effectiveness of Toyota process redesign in reducing thyroid gland fine-needle aspiration error.

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Raab, Stephen S; Grzybicki, Dana Marie; Sudilovsky, Daniel; Balassanian, Ronald; Janosky, Janine E; Vrbin, Colleen M

2006-10-01

Our objective was to determine whether the Toyota Production System process redesign resulted in diagnostic error reduction for patients who underwent cytologic evaluation of thyroid nodules. In this longitudinal, nonconcurrent cohort study, we compared the diagnostic error frequency of a thyroid aspiration service before and after implementation of error reduction initiatives consisting of adoption of a standardized diagnostic terminology scheme and an immediate interpretation service. A total of 2,424 patients underwent aspiration. Following terminology standardization, the false-negative rate decreased from 41.8% to 19.1% (P = .006), the specimen nondiagnostic rate increased from 5.8% to 19.8% (P Toyota process change led to significantly fewer diagnostic errors for patients who underwent thyroid fine-needle aspiration.

The effectiveness of automatic belts in reducing fatality rates in Toyota Cressidas.

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Nash, C E

1989-12-01

Toyota Cressidas have had motor driven automatic belts since 1981. Their observed use rates have been consistently close to 100%. This paper compares fatality rates in Toyota Cressidas with those in the similar Nissan Maximas (which are equipped with three-point manual belts) using the latest data from the Fatal Accident Reporting System. After making adjustments for differences in the average ages of front seat occupants of the two fleets, the Toyotas have a fatality rate that is about three-quarters that of the Nissans. From this, the fatality-reducing effectiveness for the Toyota automatic belts is estimated to be 40% with an uncertainty of +/- 8%. This effectiveness estimate is consistent with earlier estimates of automatic belt effectiveness.

The Effect of Differentiation and Promotion Toyota Avanza Purchasing Decision in PT. Nasmoco Pemuda Semarang

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Purnomo, Adityan Dwi; Hadi, Sudharto Prawata; Prabawani, Bulan

2015-01-01

PT. Nasmoco Pemuda Semarang is a company engaged in the marketing of Toyota products for Central Java and Yogyakarta. The tied competition of automotive business led to decreased supposed to be adjective in the number of buyers and many new products from Toyota competitors sells new products with a more elegant design and reasonable price. This study is aimed to identify the driving factors of purchase decisions, specifically differentiation (X1) and promotion (X2) factor on purchasing decisi...

Toyota hybrid synergy drive

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Gautschi, H.

2008-07-01

This presentation made at the Swiss 2008 research conference on traffic by Hannes Gautschi, director of service and training at the Toyota company in Switzerland, takes a look at Toyota's hybrid drive vehicles. The construction of the vehicles and their combined combustion engines and electric generators and drives is presented and the combined operation of these components is described. Braking and energy recovery are discussed. Figures on the performance, fuel consumption and CO{sub 2} output of the hybrid vehicles are compared with those of conventional vehicles.

Waste minimization activities in Toyota Motor Corporation; Haikibutsu teigen eno torikumi jokyo

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Taguchi, S.; Yamamoto, N.; Kurai, H. [Toyota Motor Corp., Aichi (Japan)

1998-07-01

Toyota`s waste reduction efforts based on a drive for dealing with the source of waste generation are introduced. For the propulsion of the policy for dealing directly with the origin of waste, it is necessary to convert the existing manufacturing processes that give high priority to product quality and low production cost into environmental impact reduction oriented processes. In particular, conversion of materials into those that are easier to recycle, technology for reducing defective products, technology for the completion of recycling within the process involved, and the simplification of all the processes are mentioned. For the cleaning job in the machining process, a detergent enhanced in oil/water separating capability is developed, and this prolongs doubly the detergent replacement period and decreases the waste liquid to a 1/4 or less of what the conventional method produces. For the handling of foundry sand that is yielded in great quantities, a flow classification system is developed to replace the conventional gravitational classifier, and the reusable coarse-grain sand in the collected dust which occupies approximately 70% of the whole waste is now recovered for reuse. In the vehicle body coating process, a newly-developed robot arm type coating system is developed, which halves the coating waste. 2 refs., 9 figs., 1 tab.

丰田生产方式在载货车车身生产中的应用%Application of Toyota Production System in Truck Body Production

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崔颖; 韩基栋

2005-01-01

丰田生产方式（Toyota Production System）简称TPS，即精益生产方式，在提高和稳定产品质量，提高效益方面卓有奇效，它是以消除一切浪费为目标，为企业谋取经济效益。对中国企业的现代化管理具有参考和借鉴作用。

Toyota Aktiivi -kampanja ja markkinointi

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Peltola, Jouni

2015-01-01

Opinnäytetyön aiheena oli kehittää markkinointisuunnitelma Tampereella toimivalle Toyota Autotalot Oy -autoliikkeelle. Suunnittelun kohteena oli syksyllä 2014 valtakunnallisesti lanseerattu Toyota Aktiivi -huoltokampanja, jonka tarkoituksena on kasvattaa vanhempien autojen markkinaosuutta merkkihuollossa. Kampanjan ja tämän työn taustalla on Suomen ajoneuvokannan ikääntyminen, johon pyritään mukautumaan kehittämällä ja markkinoimalla uusia, kuluttajaystävällisempiä huolto-ohjelmia vanhempien ...

The Impact of System Level Factors on Treatment Timeliness: Utilizing the Toyota Production System to Implement Direct Intake Scheduling in a Semi-Rural Community Mental Health Clinic

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Weaver, A.; Greeno, C.G.; Goughler, D.H.; Yarzebinski, K.; Zimmerman, T.; Anderson, C.

2013-01-01

This study examined the effect of using the Toyota Production System (TPS) to change intake procedures on treatment timeliness within a semi-rural community mental health clinic. One hundred randomly selected cases opened the year before the change and one hundred randomly selected cases opened the year after the change were reviewed. An analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) demonstrated that changing intake procedures significantly decreased the number of days consumers waited for appointments (F(1,160)=4.9; p=.03) from an average of 11 days to 8 days. The pattern of difference on treatment timeliness was significantly different between adult and child programs (F(1,160)=4.2; p=.04), with children waiting an average of 4 days longer than adults for appointments. Findings suggest that small system level changes may elicit important changes and that TPS offers a valuable model to improve processes within community mental health settings. Results also indicate that different factors drive adult and children’s treatment timeliness. PMID:23576137

The impact of system level factors on treatment timeliness: utilizing the Toyota Production System to implement direct intake scheduling in a semi-rural community mental health clinic.

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Weaver, Addie; Greeno, Catherine G; Goughler, Donald H; Yarzebinski, Kathleen; Zimmerman, Tina; Anderson, Carol

2013-07-01

This study examined the effect of using the Toyota Production System (TPS) to change intake procedures on treatment timeliness within a semi-rural community mental health clinic. One hundred randomly selected cases opened the year before the change and 100 randomly selected cases opened the year after the change were reviewed. An analysis of covariance demonstrated that changing intake procedures significantly decreased the number of days consumers waited for appointments (F(1,160) = 4.9; p = .03) from an average of 11 to 8 days. The pattern of difference on treatment timeliness was significantly different between adult and child programs (F(1,160) = 4.2; p = .04), with children waiting an average of 4 days longer than adults for appointments. Findings suggest that small system level changes may elicit important changes and that TPS offers a valuable model to improve processes within community mental health settings. Results also indicate that different factors drive adult and children's treatment timeliness.

Applying Toyota Production System principles to a psychiatric hospital: making transfers safer and more timely.

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Young, John Q; Wachter, Robert M

2009-09-01

Health care organizations have increasingly embraced industrial methods, such as the Toyota Production System (TPS), to improve quality, safety, timeliness, and efficiency. However, the use of such methods in psychiatric hospitals has been limited. A psychiatric hospital applied TPS principles to patient transfers to the outpatient medication management clinics (MMCs) from all other inpatient and outpatient services within the hospital's system. Sources of error and delay were identified, and a new process was designed to improve timely access (measured by elapsed time from request for transfer to scheduling of an appointment and to the actual visit) and patient safety by decreasing communication errors (measured by number of failed transfers). Complexity was substantially reduced, with one streamlined pathway replacing five distinct and more complicated pathways. To assess sustainability, the postintervention period was divided into Period 1 (first 12 months) and Period 2 (next 24 months). Time required to process the transfer and schedule the first appointment was reduced by 74.1% in Period 1 (p < .001) and by an additional 52.7% in Period 2 (p < .0001) for an overall reduction of 87% (p < .0001). Similarly, time to the actual appointment was reduced 31.2% in Period 1 (p < .0001), but was stable in Period 2 (p = .48). The number of transfers per month successfully processed and scheduled increased 95% in the postintervention period compared with the pre-implementation period (p = .015). Finally, data for failed transfers were only available for the postintervention period, and the rate decreased 89% in Period 2 compared with Period 1 (p = .017). The application of TPS principles enhanced access and safety through marked and sustained improvements in the transfer process's timeliness and reliability. Almost all transfer processes have now been standardized.

Systems Thinking, Lean Production and Action Learning

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Seddon, John; Caulkin, Simon

2007-01-01

Systems thinking underpins "lean" management and is best understood through action-learning as the ideas are counter-intuitive. The Toyota Production System is just that--a system; the failure to appreciate that starting-place and the advocacy of "tools" leads many to fail to grasp what is, without doubt, a significant…

ANALISIS SISTEM INFORMASI AKUNTANSI PENJUALAN PADA PT HADJI KALLA (TOYOTA CABANG PINRANG

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ANDI MUJAHIDAH

2017-06-01

The method used is the comparative method and data collection through interviews. After the author doing research and comparing the elements of sale accounting information system applied by PT Hadji Kalla (Toyota Branch Pinrang with elements of information systems sales accounting standard, the writer can say that the PT Hadji Kalla (Toyota Branch Pinrang has implemented a system sales accounting information as appropriate, in order to increase sales, it will have an impact on the company's assets will increase sales and accounting data accuracy and reliability is assured.

Driving improvement in patient care: lessons from Toyota.

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Thompson, Debra N; Wolf, Gail A; Spear, Steven J

2003-11-01

Nurses today are attempting to do more with less while grappling with faulty error-prone systems that do not focus on patients at the point of care. This struggle occurs against a backdrop of rising national concern over the incidence of medical errors in healthcare. In an effort to create greater value with scarce resources and fix broken systems that compromise quality care, UPMC Health System is beginning to master and implement the Toyota Production System (TPS)--a method of managing people engaged in work that emphasizes frequent rapid problem solving and work redesign that has become the global archetype for productivity and performance. The authors discuss the rationale for applying TPS to healthcare and implementation of the system through the development of "learning unit" model lines and initial outcomes, such as dramatic reductions in the number of missing medications and thousands of hours and dollars saved as a result of TPS-driven changes. Tracking data further suggest that TPS, with sufficient staff preparation and involvement, has the potential for continuous, lasting, and accelerated improvement in patient care.

KAJIAN DESAIN TOYOTA KIJANG DAN PENGUATAN CITRA PADA MASYARAKAT SOLO

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Satriana Didiek Isnanta

2007-01-01

Full Text Available Indonesia's modern consumer societies develop in conjunction with the history of global economy and the transformation of consumer capitalism. This happens in many communities in cities of Indonesia, including Solo. With a population of 500 thousand at night and 1.5 million during the day, it is a potential market for global products. Therefore, it is obvious if the Solo people's tastes are no different than other communities, because of the consumer behaviour and global economy that are intertwined. The value of the meaning of products have also shifted, such as with cars. Cars that usually function as a vehicle no different than a wagon, have changed into a symbol of social class for the modern society, even for the people of Solo. The functions and facilities of the Various brands and types of cars, and elements that are related to automotive technology, are not too different. What makes the difference between these cars lays on the design of the form and image. This form design is able to create an image for certain social class for its user and its product brand. The most interesting phenomenon from automotive products in Indonesia is what happened with Toyota Kijang. Since its launch on 1977, Toyota Kijang, which is on its fifth generation this year, has succeeded in becoming the number one choice for cars for Indonesians. Abstract in Bahasa Indonesia: Masyarakat konsumen Indonesia mutakhir tumbuh beriringan dengan sejarah globalisasi ekonomi dan transformasi kapitalisme konsumsi Hal ini terjadi di banyak masyarakat perkotaan Indonesia termasuk masyarakat kota Solo. Dengan jumlah penduduk sebesar 500 ribu jiwa pada malam hari dan 1,5 juta jiwa pada siang hari merupakan pasar potensial bagi produk-produk global, maka tidak mengherankan bila selera masyarakat Solo sekarang tidak ubahnya dengan selera masyarakat lain karena perilaku konsumtif dan globalisasi ekonomi sangat terkait. Dalam menilai sebuah makna produkpun juga telah bergeser, tak

Analisis Pangsa Pasar Mobil Toyota Avanza Di Kutai Timur

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Mardiana, Edy Fatmaraga, Theresia Militina

2016-01-01

The purpose of this study is to determine the market share of car brands Toyota Avanza and knowing the type of the largest market share in 2013 in East Kutai.The results of this study stated hypothesis proposed that "alleged that the market share of car brands Toyota Avanza types from January to December in 2013 is larger than its competitors in the East Kutai Regency" is denied, the reason for this hypothesis is rejected Car Market Share brands Toyota types Avanza from January to December of...

Septembri müüghitt oli Toyota / Tõnu Tramm

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Tramm, Tõnu, 1968-

2004-01-01

Ilmunud ka: Delovõje Vedomosti 13. okt. lk. 12. Ülevaade septembrikuu automüügistatistikast. Tabelid: Toyota müük kasvanud viiendiku võrra; Toyota Corolla septembris ostjate lemmik. Vt. samas: Tartus jätkub Volkswageni-hullus

Economic Sociology and the Theory of the Firm: Lessons from the "Toyota Momentum" in the History of Capitalism

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HEIM, Stéphane

2016-01-01

This paper is a revised and expanded version of an editorial, "Toyota, victim of its Production System: why do social sciences still have much to learn from this firm?", published on February 1, 2017 in La Lettre du GIS-Réseau Asie et Pacifique (French and English).

Pengaruh Brand Identity Terhadap Timbulnya Brand Preference Dan Repurchase Intention Pada Merek Toyota

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Halim, Beatrice Clementia

2014-01-01

Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui pengaruh identitas merk Toyota terhadap timbulnya preferensi merek dan niat pembelian kembali konsumen terhadap merek Toyota. Toyota sebagai penguasa pasar mobil di Indonesia, memiliki keunggulan kompetitif tersendiri dibandingkan dengan pesaingnya. Kepercayaan terhadap merek Toyota juga menimbulkan adanya niat pembelian kembali konsumen terhadap merek tersebut.Teknik analisa yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kausal asosiatif dengan metode pe...

Pengaruh Promosi, Desain Produk Dan Kesadaran Merek Terhadap Keputusan Konsumen Untuk Membeli Mobil Toyota Yaris

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Widaningsih, Raden Ayu; Waluyo, Handoyo Djoko; Listyorini, Sari

2014-01-01

The purpose of this study is to determine how much influence promotion, product design and brand awareness to the consumer's decision to buy a Toyota Yaris in Nasmoco Pemuda Semarang. The sample is the consumer brand of car owners and users who purchased the Toyota Yaris in PT. Nasmoco Pemuda Semarang. A total of 85 respondents using purposive sampling technique. From the results of the study partially through t-test showed that there is a positive and significant effect between the variables...

Sistem Pakar Diagnosis Kerusakan Mobil Toyota Kijang LSX Menggunakan Metode Forward Chaining

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Turnawan Turnawan

2017-09-01

Abstract Damage to the car was realized by the owner when the car is not operating properly or not as usual. Periodic maintenance needed each car to detect damage to what happened to the car. Many of the causes and signs as the car is not running properly, some of which car lights are not lit and have no idea why it happened, it is this which encourages the development of expert systems with forward chaining method  for detecting damage to the car. Especially for cars that are old and no longer manufactured, therefore the authors use a Toyota Kijang LSX as research objects. In this study, the authors designed so that the delivery of information can be done using any mobile device with the request from the user. The request will be processed in the system then the results will be sent back to the user with a display on a mobile device screen. This expert system application is made in the form of android application to allow users to access and resolve the problems associated quickly, anywhere and anytime.The expert system is able to provide optimal information of the user and the system of reciprocity to the owner of the vehicle Toyota Kijang LSX.   Keywords: Android, expert systems, Toyota Kijang LSX.

PEFC R&D technology at Toyota

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Kawatsu, Shigeyuki; Aoyama, Satoshi; Iwase, Masayoshi [Toyota Motor Corp., Shizuoka (Japan)

1996-12-31

Fuel cells are being considered as notable new energy sources due to, not only their potential for obtaining high energy conversion efficiencies, but also their environmental sensitive features. These are especially important now that the problems relating to global environmental pollution are regarded as serious social issues. Polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) in particular are being pursued due in part to the prospect of realizing timely enhancements to several key characteristics, including size and power. Encouraged by these anticipated improvements, PEFCs are being investigated as promising power generator candidates for hybrid electric vehicles. The substantial future potential of PEFCs has been noted by TOYOTA, and has motivated extensive R&D activities toward the practical application of PEFCs to hybrid electric vehicles. These R&D efforts include, not only activities on such key areas as performance enhancement, but also extensive attention to a broad range of related concerns, such as cost reduction, reformer development, system integration, durability, reliability and so on. From these diverse tasks, this paper focuses on the issues related to ensuring adequate PEFC performance when reformed fuel is utilized. Recent outcomes of R&D conducted at TOYOTA on this topic will be described.

Influence of Product Quality, Brand Image and Price Concerning Automobile Buying Decision of Toyota Avanza at PT. Nasmoco Majapahit Semarang

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Putra, Arya Willis Nugraha; Waluyo, Handoyo Djoko; Nugraha, Hari Susanta

2015-01-01

This research was based on rapid automotive sector business development, especially automobile. Specifically, this research was discuss about automobile buying of Toyota Avanza brand at PT Nasmoco Majapahit Semarang during 2011 - 2014 keep have sale descending and it's sale target. If that case wasn't improve and solve, probably will presence problem for PT. Nasmoco Majapahit Semarang next.Aim of this research was to found product quality, brand image and price concerning automobile buying de...

Current pulse: can a production system reduce medical errors in health care?

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Printezis, Antonios; Gopalakrishnan, Mohan

2007-01-01

One of the reasons for rising health care costs is medical errors, a majority of which result from faulty systems and processes. Health care in the past has used process-based initiatives such as Total Quality Management, Continuous Quality Improvement, and Six Sigma to reduce errors. These initiatives to redesign health care, reduce errors, and improve overall efficiency and customer satisfaction have had moderate success. Current trend is to apply the successful Toyota Production System (TPS) to health care since its organizing principles have led to tremendous improvement in productivity and quality for Toyota and other businesses that have adapted them. This article presents insights on the effectiveness of TPS principles in health care and the challenges that lie ahead in successfully integrating this approach with other quality initiatives.

78 FR 3081 - Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Motor Theft Prevention Standard; Toyota

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2013-01-15

... From the Federal Motor Vehicle Motor Theft Prevention Standard; Toyota AGENCY: National Highway Traffic.... SUMMARY: This document grants in full Toyota Motor North America, Inc.'s (Toyota) petition for an... a petition dated October 16, 2012, Toyota requested an exemption from the parts-marking requirements...

76 FR 12221 - Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Motor Theft Prevention Standard; Toyota

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2011-03-04

... From the Federal Motor Vehicle Motor Theft Prevention Standard; Toyota AGENCY: National Highway Traffic.... SUMMARY: This document grants in full the petition of Toyota Motor North America, Inc's., (Toyota... INFORMATION: In a petition dated January 24, 2011, Toyota requested an exemption from the parts-marking...

77 FR 4396 - Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Motor Theft Prevention Standard; Toyota

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2012-01-27

... From the Federal Motor Vehicle Motor Theft Prevention Standard; Toyota AGENCY: National Highway Traffic... exemption. SUMMARY: This document grants in full the petition of Toyota Motor North America, Inc's., (Toyota.... SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a petition dated September 30, 2011, Toyota requested an exemption from the parts...

Re-lanzamiento del Toyota Corolla

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José Luis Saavedra Torres

2010-10-01

Full Text Available El caso refleja la dinámica de la toma de decisiones corporativas de Toyota Venezuela en el lanzamiento de la novena generación de su modelo Corolla, frente a una situación de expansión del mercado, con caídas en su participación, luego de un largo período como líder. El objetivo es desarrollar una estrategia de posicionamiento acorde con la situación del mercado y la percepción de los consumidores. El estudiante debe someter a discusión las bases de una arquitectura de marca y desarrollar un brief de comunicaciones para el desarrollo de la estrategia de posicionamiento. Se recomienda el retorno a la comunicación más localista, con fuerte énfasis en los valores y el posicionamiento de la marca Toyota.

RE-LANZAMIENTO DEL TOYOTA COROLLA

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JOSÉ LUIS SAAVEDRA TORRES

2010-01-01

Full Text Available El caso refleja la dinámica de la toma de decisiones corporativas de Toyota Venezuela en el lanzamiento de la novena generación de su modelo Corolla, frente a una situación de expansión del mercado, con caídas en su participación, luego de un largo período como líder. El objetivo es desarrollar una estrategia de posicionamiento acorde con la situación del mercado y la percepción de los consumidores. El estudiante debe someter a discusión las bases de una arquitectura de marca y desarrollar un brief de comunicaciones para el desarrollo de la estrategia de posicionamiento. Se recomienda el retorno a la comunicación más localista, con fuerte énfasis en los valores y el posicionamiento de la marca Toyota.

An Evaluability Assessment of the Toyota Families in Schools Program.

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Quint, Janet

The Toyota Families in Schools (TFS) Program is a new family literacy initiative that was developed by the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) with support from the Toyota Motor Corporation. TFS is based on a previous NCFL model calling for providing literacy activities to preschoolers and parents from low-income families. NCFL wanted to…

Pengaruh Promosi, Harga Dan Pelayanan Terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Toyota Dyna Dengan Jenis USAha Sebagai Variabel Moderasi (Studi Kasus Konsumen PT. New Ratna Motor, Semarang)

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Afifi, Fahmi Rezqa; Ngatno, Ngatno

2016-01-01

Goal of companies is become the market leader of their products. To achieve it, companies have to increase their sales volume. As Toyota brand holder in Central Java and DIY, PT. New Ratna Motor always tries to lead the market share in all car types, including two-tonnage vehicles (truck) class. Toyota Dyna becomes the favorite of Toyota in this class, which the competition in this class is tighter. Promotion, price, and service are some of important factors which can be related with consumer...

Just-in-time - Its Fingerprint on Structures in Production Systems

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Christiansen, Thomas Bøhm

1998-01-01

s saw JIT at Toyota. This description is hold up agains Hayes and Wheelwright’s ramework with eight decision categories, and by this it is seen where differences exist, and what the implications has been for present days production systems. This paper, though, is only the first half of a complete...

Toyota drivers' experiences with Dynamic Radar Cruise Control, Pre-Collision System, and Lane-Keeping Assist.

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Eichelberger, Angela H; McCartt, Anne T

2016-02-01

Advanced crash avoidance and driver assistance technologies potentially can prevent or mitigate many crashes. Previous surveys with drivers have found favorable opinions for many advanced technologies; however, these surveys are not necessarily representative of all drivers or all systems. As the technologies spread throughout the vehicle fleet, it is important to continue studying driver acceptance and use of them. This study focused on 2010-2013 Toyota Sienna and Prius models that were equipped with adaptive cruise control, forward collision avoidance, and lane departure warning and prevention (Prius models only). Telephone interviews were conducted in summer 2013 with 183 owners of vehicles with these technologies. About 9 in 10 respondents wanted adaptive cruise control and forward collision avoidance on their next vehicle, and 71% wanted lane departure warning/prevention again. Males and females reported some differences in their experiences with the systems; for example, males were more likely to have turned on lane departure warning/prevention than females, and when using this system, males reported more frequent warnings than did females. Relative to older drivers, drivers age 40 and younger were more likely to have seen or heard a forward collision warning. Consistent with the results in previous surveys of owners of luxury vehicles, the present survey found that driver acceptance of the technologies was high, although less so for lane departure warning/prevention. Experiences with the Toyota systems differed by driver age and gender to a greater degree than in previous surveys, suggesting that the responses of drivers may begin to differ as crash avoidance technology becomes available on a wider variety of vehicles. Crash avoidance technologies potentially can prevent or mitigate many crashes, but their success depends in part on driver acceptance. These systems will be effective only to the extent that drivers use them. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd and

Plan estratégico para Toyota USA 2011-2013

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Arrieta Clavijo, María Luisa Jesús; Cabero Rojas, Augusto Mauricio; Quinto Tapia, Daniel Federico

2015-01-01

Plan Estratégico para Toyota USA 2011-2013 permitirá, a través del uso de herramientas propias del análisis externo e interno, identificar sus ventajas competitivas, su posición competitiva y establecer los planes funcionales en tres ámbitos principales: marketing, operaciones y recursos humanos. Estos planes funcionales se enfocarán en las acciones estratégicas que permitan a Toyota generar una mayor eficiencia operativa, redireccionarse a su consumidor y aplicar una estrategia de marketin...

Pengaruh Citra Merek dan Terpaan Iklan terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Toyota Yaris di Kota Semarang

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Putri, Annisya Winarni; Pradekso, Tandiyo; Herieningsih, Sri Widowati; Rakhmad, Wiwid Noor

2016-01-01

Selama tujuh tahun terakhir, penjualan otomotif di Indonesia naik hampir empat kali lipatatau 286%. Para produsen mobil terus melakukan inovasi terhadap produknya. Hal ini terlihatdari semakin beraneka ragamnya merek dan jenis mobil di Indonesia. Toyota, sebagai salah satupabrik otomotif terbesar di Indonesia meluncurkan beberapa jenis mobil. Pada kategorihatchback, PT. Toyota Astra Motor mengeluarkan beberapa jenis produk yaitu Toyota Yaris.Sebagai produk yang diunggulkan di kelasnya, tentun...

Pengaruh Pelaksanaan Penetapan Harga Produk terhadap Minat Konsumen (Kasus Penjualan Mobil Toyota Avanza pada PT. Agung Automall Cabang Pekanbaru)

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Heriyanto, Meyzi; Fibrianti, Resi

2014-01-01

This research is a problem in any decline in consumer interest for buy a car Toyota Avanza, indicated by decline in sales by 2012 compared with 2011. As for the purpose of this research is to know the implementation of pricing and consumer interest against Toyota Avanza car on PT Agung Automall branch of Soweto as well as to know how the implementation of pricing products of consumer interest buying a car on PT. Supreme Avanza Automall branch of Soweto. Results of the study concluded that imp...

ANALISIS PENERAPAN STRATEGI PEMASARAN DALAM PENINGKATAN PANGSA PASAR PADA PT. HADJI KALLA (TOYOTA) CABANG COKROAMINOTO DI MAKASSAR

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ASTRINI, PRATANTI AYU

2007-01-01

Analisis Penerapan Strategi Pemasaran Dalam Peningkatan Pangsa Pasar Pada PT. Hadji Kalla (Toyota) Cabang Cokroaminoto di Makassar Implementation of marketing strategy analyze on increasing market share study case PT.Hadji Kalla (Toyota) Cabang Cokroaminoto in Makassar Pratanti Ayu Astrini Mursalim Nohong Wardhani Hakim Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui penerapan strategi pemasaran mobil Toyota pada PT. Hadji Kalla (Toyota) Cabang Cokroaminoto di Makassar me...

Analisis Faktor Pembentuk Ekuitas Merek Toyota dan Daihatsu di Indonesia (Studi Komparasi pada Masyarakat Bandung)

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Sigiro, Cristine Afriani; Rachma Putri, Yuliani; Ilfandy Imran, Ayub

2016-01-01

Toyota dan Daihatsu merupakan dua merek otomotif (mobil) yang sangat fenomenal di kalangan masyarakat Indonesia. Produk dari kedua merek tersebut memiliki persamaan yang identik, namun Toyota memasarkan produknya lebih mahal dibandingkan Daihatsu. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui perbandingan ekuitas merek Toyota dan Daihatsu menurut masyarakat Bandung. Penelitian ini menggunakan paradigma penelitian positivistik dengan metode penelitian studi komparatif melalui teknik analisis data yan...

Toyota's new single-chip microcomputer based engine and transmission control system

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Kawamura, T.; Kawai, M.; Aoki, K.; Tamaki, K.; Sugawara, M.

1985-01-01

Toyota succeeded in the fall of 1984 in manufacturing a complex engine and transmission control system using a newly developed single-chip microcomputer. This microcomputer, equipped with an 8K-byte ROM (Read Only Memory) and a 256-byte RAM (Random Access Memory), a powerful real time processing function, and a high-speed optimum instruction set, is better suited for automobiles. Application of the latest CMOS technology has enabled lower power consumption and improved noise immunity. The new system, which includes a new function; the electronic spark advance with knock control in addition to the conventional sophisticated system, has greatly improved the performance and driveability of vehicles. The newly designed electronic control unit (ECU) has been greatly improved in reliability and has not changed in its size with the adoption of the highly integrated new microcomputer, which is due to the fact that it uses fewer LSIs (Large Scale Integrated circuits) than the conventional ECU, although it includes the great additional function.

Pengaruh Citra Merek (Brand Image) Dan Kepercayaan Merek (Brand Trust) Terhadap Keputusan Toyota Avanza Di Kota Semarang

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Trista, Nadia Lona; prihatini, Apriatni Endang; Saryadi, Saryadi

2013-01-01

Toyota is an automotive company that manufactures Toyota Avanza. There are several motives in buying the Toyota Avanza, one of which is the image of the brand. But, in the city of Semarang instability sales volume of Toyota Avanza. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of brand image and brand trust on purchase decisions. The sampling technique used nonprobability sampling technique, purpose accidental sampling and purposive sampling-judgment sampling with a sample size of 100...

Use of the Toyota management principles for evaluation of the company’s mission

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Jacek Selejdak

2013-04-01

Full Text Available In the paper there were described the elements of the Toyota roof. Electroacoustic products were characterized. Immaterial resources of the company were analyzed. To do so, the BOST survey, whose questionnaires were filled in by employees of the chosen enterprise, was used. Particular attention was paid to the following factors: quality, costs, lead time, work safety and personnel morale

Analysis the Influence of Marketing Mix and After Sales Service Towards Purchase Decision on Toyota Yaris at PT. Agung Automall Duri.

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ibrahim, Restu; Setiawan, Heru Putra

2014-01-01

This study aimed to analyze the influence of the marketing mix which consisting of Price, Product, Promotion and After sales service towards purchase decision on Toyota Yaris at PT. Agung Automall Duri located on jl.Raya Dumai Km thriteen, number four Duri. The population in this study are the consumers who bought Toyota Yatis car at PT. Agung Automall in year two thousand eleven. The research conducted by using census method with members of thirty seven respondents. Data analyze using multip...

Loss for rupture in gondola: an analysis of Toyota Production System in food industry and retail supermarket

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Claralucia Prates Machado

2014-05-01

Full Text Available Perdas em uma cadeia produtiva representam atividades de processamento, fabricação, comercializa- ção, desnecessárias para o êxito dos negócios. Realizou-se uma análise entre as Sete Perdas do Sistema Toyota de Produção (STP, a perda por má formação no mix de produto e pela perda por ruptura em gôndola. Tendo como objetos de estudo uma indústria alimentícia e uma rede de supermercados. Adotou-se como metodologia a pesquisa exploratória, qualitativa com um estudo de caso através de entrevista semi-estruturada. Verificou-se a importância do combate à perda por ruptura dado seu impacto negativo junto aos consumidores e os reflexos em relação à indústria e varejo.

Markkinointitutkimus : Case: Toyota Airport

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Sonne, Emilia

2012-01-01

Tämä opinnäytetyö pyrkii selvittämään, miten Toyota Airportin markkinointi on onnistunut ja miten sitä voisi tulevaisuudessa kehittää. Työn tarve syntyi kohdeyrityksen halusta selvittää asiakkaiden ja potentiaalisten asiakkaiden keskuudessa mielipiteitä yrityksen mainonnasta. Työn tarkoituksena oli kartoittaa markkinoinnin nykytilaa ja potentiaalisia viestintäkanavia. Teoreettinen viitekehys keskittyy markkinointiin ja mainontaan. Opinnäytetyössä käytettiin useita eri kirjallisia markkin...

Pengaruh Kualitas Pelayanan Dan Kepuasan Konsumen Terhadap Loyalitas Konsumen PT. Toyota Astra Financial Service Medan

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Purba, Nona Erika

2012-01-01

Formulation of the problem in this study is to what extent the influence of service quality: reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy and physical evidence of customer satisfaction PT. Toyota Astra Financial Service Field, the influence of customer satisfaction on consumer loyalty PT. Toyota Astra Financial Service Field and the influence of service quality and customer satisfaction to customer loyalty PT. Toyota Astra Financial Service Field. The purpose of this study is to investigat...

Analisis Pengukuran Waktu Kerja Karyawan Bengkel Toyota Auto 2000 di Balikpapan

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2014-01-01

This study aims to determine the specific labor standard time engine oil replacement vehicle machine Toyota Auto 2000 MT. Balikpapan Haryono used standard working time. Based on interviews with employees of Auto 2000 Toyota workshop. MT. Haryono completed replacement of engine oil required an average completion time of 1 hour of receipt to the consumer.The problem of this study is the labor time required to complete the work car oil changes are in accordance with the standart time in the wor...

Co-opetition and knowledge co-creation in Japanese supplier-networks : The case of Toyota

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Wilhelm, Miriam M.; Kohlbacher, Florian

This article examines how knowledge co-creation takes place within the Toyota network. We extend the work of Dyer and Nobeoka, who contributed to the theory of network-level learning by showing how Toyota succeeded in 'creating and managing a high-performance knowledge-sharing network'. By examining

Pengembangan Value Proposition Dalam Penetapan Strategi Pemasaran (Studi Kasus Terhadap Mobil Toyota Agya Di Kota Malang)

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Andaru, Rizka Kurnia

2015-01-01

This research aims to knowing value proposition that is offered on Toyota Agya, knowing consumer perceptions about value proposition of toyota agya in Malang City, and knowing the development of value proposition in determining the marketing strategy at Toyota Agya in Malang City. The data source of research were informant, documents, places and events. Analysis of the data used interactive data analysis. The results showed that 11 elements of Value proposition according to Alexander Osterwal...

Pengaruh Produk, Harga, Dan Promosi Terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Toyota Yaris Pada PT. Nasmoco Gombel Semarang

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Perwira, Faber Tri; Prihartini, Apriatni Endang; Wijayanto, Andi

2013-01-01

The purpose of this study is to investigate and examine the effect of product, price, and promotion to the Toyota Yaris purchasing decisions on PT. Nasmoco Gombel Semarang. This study uses explanatory research approach to the 94 respondents who were taken by purposive sampling method.Techniques of data collection using questionnaires, interviews, and documentation. The data obtained were analyzed using linear regression analysis. Based on the results of analysis variables influence product pu...

Applying the Lean principles of the Toyota Production System to reduce wait times in the emergency department.

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Ng, David; Vail, Gord; Thomas, Sophia; Schmidt, Nicki

2010-01-01

In recognition of patient wait times, and deteriorating patient and staff satisfaction, we set out to improve these measures in our emergency department (ED) without adding any new funding or beds. In 2005 all staff in the ED at Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital began a transformation, employing Toyota Lean manufacturing principles to improve ED wait times and quality of care. Lean techniques such as value-stream mapping, just-in-time delivery techniques, workplace organization, reduction of systemic wastes, use of the worker as the source of quality improvement and ongoing refinement of our process steps formed the basis of our project. Our ED has achieved major improvements in departmental flow without adding any additional ED or inpatient beds. The mean registration to physician time has decreased from 111 minutes to 78 minutes. The number of patients who left without being seen has decreased from 7.1% to 4.3%. The length of stay (LOS) for discharged patients has decreased from a mean of 3.6 to 2.8 hours, with the largest decrease seen in our patients triaged at levels 4 or 5 using the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale. We noted an improvement in ED patient satisfaction scores following the implementation of Lean principles. Lean manufacturing principles can improve the flow of patients through the ED, resulting in greater patient satisfaction along with reduced time spent by the patient in the ED.

Analysis of Lean Initiatives in the Production of Naval Aviators

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2012-09-01

originated in the 1950s with an engineer named Eji Toyoda, and a production genius Taiichi Ohno at Toyota in Japan. Toyoda and Ohno are credited with...to flow wastes must be eliminated. Taiichi Ohno, the designer of the Toyota Production System, was obsessed with making materials flow and to...pooling between phases or blocks.  Producing quality defects . Delays (waiting).–Varying scheduling priorities for students during different blocks of

77 FR 20485 - Notice of Receipt of Petition for Decision That Nonconforming 1999 to 2006 Toyota Land Cruiser...

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2012-04-04

...-0035, Notice 1] Notice of Receipt of Petition for Decision That Nonconforming 1999 to 2006 Toyota Land... Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that nonconforming 1999 to 2006 Toyota Land Cruiser IFS 100... manufacturer as complying with the safety standards (the U.S.-certified version of the 1999 to 2006 Toyota Land...

Evaluation of the 2010 Toyota Prius Hybrid Synergy Drive System

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Burress, Timothy A [ORNL; Campbell, Steven L [ORNL; Coomer, Chester [ORNL; Ayers, Curtis William [ORNL; Wereszczak, Andrew A [ORNL; Cunningham, Joseph Philip [ORNL; Marlino, Laura D [ORNL; Seiber, Larry Eugene [ORNL; Lin, Hua-Tay [ORNL

2011-03-01

Subsystems of the 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) were studied and tested as part of an intensive benchmarking effort carried out to produce detailed information concerning the current state of nondomestic alternative vehicle technologies. Feedback provided by benchmarking efforts is particularly useful to partners of the Vehicle Technologies collaborative research program as it is essential in establishing reasonable yet challenging programmatic goals which facilitate development of competitive technologies. The competitive nature set forth by the Vehicle Technologies Program (VTP) not only promotes energy independence and economic stability, it also advocates the advancement of alternative vehicle technologies in an overall global perspective. These technologies greatly facilitate the potential to reduce dependency on depleting natural resources and mitigate harmful impacts of transportation upon the environment.

ANALISIS PENERAPAN STRATEGI PEMASARAN DALAM PENINGKATAN PANGSA PASAR PADA PT. HADJI KALLA (TOYOTA) CABANG URIP DI MAKASSAR

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MAULADI RAHMAN, EKI

2012-01-01

- EKI MAULADI RAHMAN, A211 076 644. Analisis Penerapan Strategi Pemasaran Dalam Peningkatan Pangsa Pasar Pada PT. Hadji Kalla (Toyota) Cabang Urip di Makassar. (dibimbing oleh Muhammad Ismail dan Mukhtar) Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui penerapan strategi pemasaran mobil Toyota pada PT. Hadji Kalla (Toyota) Cabang Urip di Makassar melalui penerapan (produk, harga, promosi dan saluran distribusi) dalam peningkatan pangsa pasar, untuk menganlisis sejauh mana penerapan ...

THE EFFECT OF TRUST AND BRAND IMAGE ON PURCHASE DECISION (TOYOTA CAR SURVEY IN JAKARTA REGION

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Setyo Ferry Wibowo

2017-09-01

Full Text Available The purpose of this research is to know: 1 influence of confidence to Toyota Agya car purchase decision in Jakarta area, and 2 influence of brand image to Toyota Agya car purchase decision in Jakarta area. The object of this research is 200 respondents of Toyota Agya car users in Jakarta area. Methods of data collection using survey method. Data analysis using SPSS 22. Descriptive test results explain that there is still a lack of trust and brand image in Toyota Agya car in the Jakarta area causing the lack of consumer response to make purchasing decisions. The result of hypothesis testing shows: 1 existence of positive and significant influence of trust toward purchasing decision, 2 existence of positive and significant influence from brand image to purchasing decision.

Analisis Perbandingan Sikap Konsumen terhadap Toyota Avanza dan Daihatsu Xenia di Pekanbaru

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Nursanti, Aida; Sulistyowati, Lilis; Wulandari, Sri Ayu

2014-01-01

This research aim to to analyse do there is difference of consumer attitude factor in buying brand car of Toyota AVANZA and of Daihatsu XENIA influenced by product, brand, promotion and price.Study sampling accidental the uses This of technique selected 100 samples. Methods data qualitative of method a is study this in used Analysis of analysis, data quantitative of analysis test different of analysis and.From result of examination which have been, There are difference which is consumer attit...

Peranan Komunikasi Pemasaran Mobil Toyota Dump Truck Dyna Pada Masyarakat Kota Manado

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Roring, Benny; Mewengkang, Norma; Harilama, Stefi

2015-01-01

The role of marketing communications cars toyota dyna dump truck in Manado city community. Background: The Community of Indonesian automotive world has witnessed many different brands and types of new cars milling about on the highway though the brand and type of the car recently launched by the automotive world produsennya.perkembangan archipelago is the influx of cars with the latest technology and some of them even offer technology Toyota concept depan.Kehadiran period of 40 years in Indon...

ANALISIS SISTEM INFORMASI AKUNTANSI PENJUALAN PADA PT HADJI KALLA (TOYOTA) CABANG PINRANG

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Andi Mujahidah

2017-01-01

Andi Mujahidah, (2015) "Accounting Information System Analysis Sales At PT Hadji Kalla (Toyota) Branch Pinrang" under the guidance of Mrs. Faridah, SE., M.Si, .AK, .ca as first counselor and Mr. Thanwain, SE ,. M.Si as supervisor II. Accounting Information Systems are very important in the sales function remembers every sales transaction must involve the responsibility of a few people within the company. To improve the handling of the sale of the company it needed an adequate internal cont...

国有企业丰田生产方式本土化标准研究%Research on Standard System of Toyota production system localization in the State-Owned Enterprise

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李卓

2012-01-01

以“准时生产JIT”和“自动化”作为两大支柱的丰田生产方式(TPS)凭借其完整、超常规、最具革命性的全新生产方式被称为“改变世界的机器”.精益生产、持续改善等专门用语出现在全球制造业并成为争相学习、效仿的对象.国有企业在TPS本土化的道路上由于缺乏对其本质的理解和研究,照搬全抄、形式主义的学习方式只能步履维艰.文章以史为鉴,在吸取丰田经验教训的基础上,提出国有企业学习TPS的标准与方法,为TPS本土化提供依据和方向.%Based on "just-in-time production" and "automatic", the Toyota production system (TPS) is named "the machine that changed the world" as a complete, extraordinaryandthe most revolutionary new production system. Lean production, continuous improvement and other special terms involved in TPS appear in the global manufacturing industry and become the object to study or follow.Lack of localization of the essence of the understanding and research, it' s rather difficult for the state-owned enterprise to use it to optimize the processes of enterprises in formalism ways of learning.Taking history as a mirror, the study considers how the TPS produce, develop and improve,learning from the experience,proposea set of standards and effectiveways for the state-owned enterprise to take an advance in management and give the directionfor TPS localization.

Design Of Toyota Home Service Applications For AUTO2000 Based On Android

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Aswin, Arief Rahmadian

2016-01-01

AUTO2000 is a network of sales services, maintenance, repair and supply of spare parts Toyota that was established in 1975 under the name Astra Motor Sales, in 1989 changed its name to AUTO2000 with management that has been handled entirely by PT. Astra International Tbk. Services provided by AUTO2000 one of which is a service of Toyota Home Service, a service provided by the service vehicle Auto 2000 where customers can service their vehicles without having to come to the dealership Auto 200...

77 FR 35428 - Certain Automotive GPS Navigation Systems, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same...

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2012-06-13

... Warwickshire, United Kingdom; Toyota Motor Corporation of Toyota City, Japan; Toyota Motor North America, Inc. of Torrance, California; Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. of Erlanger, Kentucky; Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc. of Princeton, Indiana; Toyota Motor Manufacturing...

Discussão teórica sobre o conceito de perdas do Sistema Toyota de Produção: inserindo a lógica do ganho da Teoria das Restrições Theoretical discussion of the concept of wastes in the Toyota Production System: introducing the throughput logic of the Theory of Constraints

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Isaac Pergher

2011-01-01

Full Text Available Este estudo apresenta uma reflexão teórica a respeito dos possíveis impactos nos indicadores da Teoria das Restrições (TOC provocados pelas Sete Perdas abordadas no Sistema Toyota de Produção (STP e por um tipo de perda não relatada neste contexto. Trata-se da 'Perda por má definição do mix de produtos' influenciada pelo uso de métodos inadequados para formular o mix de produtos. Desta forma é construído um neologismo conceitual identificado como as 'Pergas' para demostrar as perdas de Ganho global (TOC, derivadas desta prática. A necessidade de combater as perdas nos processos deve-se a não agregação de valor ao produto, bem como a geração de custos, motivando, em algumas situações, o compromentimento à competitividade da organização. Em sentido similar, o combate às Pergas proporciona um incremento nos índices monitorados pelos indicadores Globais da TOC por meio da constiuição de um mix de produtos que contribua com a meta da empresa. Um referencial estrutural é desenvolvido relacionando as Sete Perdas abordadas no STP e os indicadores da TOC, o qual fornecerá subsídios para fundamentar as relações impactantes e possibilitará a proposição de ações de melhoria tendo por objetivo minimizar os impactos apresentados.This study presents a theoretical reflection about the possible impacts on of the Theory of Constraints (TOC indicators caused by the Seven Wastes in the Toyota Production System (TPS and a type of waste which is not included in that context. It refers to the 'waste due to unsatisfactory definition of product mix' influenced by the use of inappropriate methods to formulate the product mix. Therefore, a conceptual neologism is introduced, identified as the "Pergas" to demonstrate the overall gain waste derived from this practice. The need to reduce process waste is due to the fact that no value is added to the product and the cost increase putting at risk, in some situations, the organizational

Sistema Toyota de produção: mais do que simplesmente Just-in-Time

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Paulo Ghinato

1995-12-01

Full Text Available As interpretações acerca do Sistema Toyota de Produção (STP, apontando o Just-In-Time e o Kanban como sua essência, demostram um entendimento limitado de sua verdadeira abrangência e potencialidade. O STP está estruturado sobre a base da completa eliminação das perdas, tendo o JIT e a autonomação como seus dois pilares de sustentação. O Controle da Qualidade Zero Defeitos (CQZD aparece, também, como elemento essencial para a operacionalização da autonomação e funcionalidade de todo o sistema. Neste artigo, pretende-se apresentar um modelo que represente esta interpretação. Com este propósito, o modelo apresentado por Monden é adotado como ponto de partida, introduzindo-lhe, no entanto, significativas mudanças. Neste artigo, discute-se cada uma das relações mantidas pela autonomação e pelo CQZD com os diversos componentes do sistema.The interpretations of the Toyota Production System (TPS which point out to Just-In-Time (JIT and Kanban as its essence are evidence of restrictive understanding of its real reach and strength. The TPS has the "complete elimination of wastes " as its grounds and JIT and autonomation as its two pillars. Zero Defect Quality Control (ZDQC appears as essential support to the operation of autonomation and Systems working. In this paper it is proposed a model which may portray the above interpretation of TPS. On this purpose, the model proposed by Monden was taken up as a starting point. Nevertheless, it was necessary to introduce significant changes. It is also discussed the nature o@f links among autonomation, ZDCQ and all Systems components.

76 FR 72442 - Certain Automotive GPS Navigation Systems, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same...

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2011-11-23

...; Toyota Motor Corporation, 1 Toyota-cho, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture 471-8571, Japan; Toyota Motor North America, Inc., 19001 S. Western Avenue, Torrance, CA 90501; Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., 19001 S. Western Avenue, Torrance, CA 90501; Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., 25...

Logic Model Checking of Unintended Acceleration Claims in the 2005 Toyota Camry Electronic Throttle Control System

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Gamble, Ed; Holzmann, Gerard

2011-01-01

Part of the US DOT investigation of Toyota SUA involved analysis of the throttle control software. JPL LaRS applied several techniques, including static analysis and logic model checking, to the software. A handful of logic models were built. Some weaknesses were identified; however, no cause for SUA was found. The full NASA report includes numerous other analyses

"Las claves del éxito de Toyota". LEAN, más que un conjunto de herramientas y técnicas

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Toledano de Diego, Asier; Mañes Sierra, Nagore; García, Sergio Julián

2009-01-01

[ES] Cuando se habla de LEAN, inmediatamente se piensa en Toyota y en su continuo éxito. De ahí que hayan sido muchas las empresas que han intentado seguir su modelo: el TPS (Sistema de Producción Toyota) o el modelo LEAN, basado en él. Sin embargo, pocas lo han conseguido. El libro titulado «Las claves del éxito de Toyota», creemos que da la respuesta a través de catorce principios que comentaremos en este artículo. [EN] When speaking about LEAN, people immediately think about Toyota a...

Lean Production and information technology : Connection or contradiction?

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Riezebos, Jan; Klingenberg, Warse; Hicks, Christian

The principles of Lean Production have enabled organisations in the manufacturing and service sectors to significantly improve their competitiveness. The application of Lean principles, derived from the Toyota Production System has enabled many organisations to Simultaneously improve productivity,

The Impact of Marketing Mix (4p's) on Customer Loyalty Towards Toyota Avanza

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Harsono, Rendy

2016-01-01

With the tight competition in the automotive industry, customer loyalty has become the key for success. However, customer loyalty is not always easy to earn. With this in mind, the research is established with the goal to analyze the impact of 4P's of Marketing Mix towards customer loyalty on Toyota Avanza.Using questionnaires as data gathering instrument with simple random sampling, 124 respondents were gathered from people around Surabaya, who has bought and ride Toyota Avanza. The data obt...

Creating an environment for caring using lean principles of the Virginia Mason Production System.

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Nelson-Peterson, Dana L; Leppa, Carol J

2007-06-01

As healthcare leaders search for viable options to cut costs, increase efficiencies, and improve the product that they offer to customers, many are looking at different business models to adopt. At the same time, an aging workforce of nurses feel the pressure of being overworked and understaffed, resulting in both decreased job and patient satisfaction. Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Wash, has implemented the Virginia Mason Production System, using proven concepts adapted from the Toyota Production System that effectively eliminate "muda" or waste, in workplace processes. The authors discuss the application of the Virginia Mason Production System and how it has resulted in increased time for nurses to care for their patients.

Productieprocessen - Toyota Production System

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R, Akkerman; L. Buning; H.J. Kort

2011-01-01

Het hanteren en beheersen van specifieke productieprocessen heeft een positief effect op de efficiëntie waarmee bedrijven hun productie voeren en daarmee ook op hun concurrentiepositie. Dit geldt tevens voor de automobielindustrie en hun toeleveranciers. In diverse onderzoeken rondom het toepassen

Renault ja Toyota - mullused turuvõitjad / Andris Feldmanis

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Feldmanis, Andris, 1982-

2005-01-01

Enam müüdavatest sõiduautodest Eestis aastal 2004. Diagrammid. Tabelid: Toyota edu teiste ees mäe kõrgune; Kõige edukam oli 2004. aasta Renault müüjatele; Saksa ja Jaapani autode müük kasvas enim. Vt. samas: Tõnu Tramm. Euroliit tekitas eelmise aasta kevadel müügibuumi

76 FR 66750 - Certain Automotive GPS Navigation Systems, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same...

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2011-10-27

... Kingdom; Land Rover of United Kingdom; Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan; Toyota Motor North America, Inc. of Torrance, CA; Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. of Torrance, CA; Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. of Erlanger, KY; Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc. of Princeton, IN...

A High-Power Wireless Charging System Development and Integration for a Toyota RAV4 Electric Vehicle

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Onar, Omer C [ORNL; Seiber, Larry Eugene [ORNL; White, Cliff P [ORNL; Chinthavali, Madhu Sudhan [ORNL; Campbell, Steven L [ORNL

2016-01-01

Several wireless charging methods are underdevelopment or available as an aftermarket option in the light-duty automotive market. However, there are not many studies detailing the vehicle integrations, particularly a complete vehicle integration with higher power levels. This paper presents the development, implementation, and vehicle integration of a high-power (>10 kW) wireless power transfer (WPT)-based electric vehicle (EV) charging system for a Toyota RAV4 vehicle. The power stages of the system are introduced with the design specifications and control systems including the active front-end rectifier with power factor correction (PFC), high frequency power inverter, high frequency isolation transformer, coupling coils, vehicle side full-bridge rectifier and filter, and the vehicle battery. The operating principles of the control, communications, and protection systems are also presented in addition to the alignment and the driver interface system. The physical limitations of the system are also defined that would prevent the system operating at higher levels. The experiments are carried out using the integrated vehicle and the results obtained to demonstrate the system performance including the stage-by-stage efficiencies with matched and interoperable primary and secondary coils.

谈一汽-丰田体系的涂装线管理%Discussions on Painting Line Management of FAW-Toyota System

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宫金宝; 李树阳; 荆宏

2006-01-01

丰田汽车公司在自身的发展过程中，创造了一整套独特的管理经验。一汽-丰田体系涂装线正是以这种“丰田生产方式”（Toyota Production System，简称TPS）作为主要的生产管理理念。下面仅就一汽-丰田体系涂装线管理的几种典型思想理念进行简要介绍。

General Motors ja Toyota otsivad koostöövõimalusi

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2006-01-01

General Motors ja Toyota teatasid, et on loobunud koostööst hübriidautode arendamisel, uus koostöölepe ettevõtete vahel sõlmitakse sõiduautode turvalisust ja keskkonnasõbralikkust käsitlevate uuringute korraldamiseks

Lean production

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Veselková, Jana

2011-01-01

The goal of this Bachelor's Thesis is to describe the general principles of lean production and afterwards apply these principles in a particular company. Due to the changing conditions on the world market is among companies growing concern about such innovative business systems. The theoretical part of this work deals with the general characteristics of lean production, including their history and focus on Toyota, as the originator of most lean systems. Mentioned are also the economic aspect...

Using Seaports in Distribution Logistics of Cars on the Example of the Toyota Company

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Zbigniew Lukasik

2015-12-01

Full Text Available The maritime transport is an element of the intermodal transport, which makes the distribution process of automotive industry more efficient. The article presents possibilities of using the sea transport and seaports in the logistic chain of car distribution on the example of the Toyota company. Toyota is one of the largest car manufacturers in the world, having (among others its logistic centers of distribution in seaports of Grimsby (Grimsby Logistic Centre in North East Lincolnshire – England and Sagunto (Sagunto Logistic Centre in Valencia – Spain.

Pengaruh Fungsi Advence Centrifugal dan Putaran Terhadap Konsumsi Bahan Bakar pada Motor Toyota Tipe 4K

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Paryono Paryono

2009-02-01

Full Text Available Kesalahan yang sering dilakukan oleh pengelola bengkel mobil dan mekaniknya adalah pada waktu melaksanakan pekerjaan tune up. Mereka hanya menyetel saat pengapian dan platina saja tanpa mengontrol fungsi advance centrifugal. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perbedaan konsumsi bahan-bakar pada motor bensin saat advance centrifugal bekerja normal dan macet pada putaran menengah dan tinggi. Sebagai obyek penelitian digunakan motor Toyota Type 4K yang telah diservis sesuai dengan standar industri. Hasil pengujian menunjukkan bahwa putaran motor dan kondisi advance centrifugal ada interaksi yang signifikan dengan F rasio = 82,975 dan P lebih kecil 0,05 terhadap konsumsi bensin pada motor Toyota Type 4K. Hal ini berarti bahwa pada berbagai putaran motor dengan kondisi advance centrifugal bekerja normal, konsumsi bensin pada motor Toyota Type 4K lebih irit jika dibandingkan dengan kondisi advance centrifugal yang macet.

Analysis on TOYOTA's Production Mode TPS%解读丰田生产模式(TPS)--走近丰田叉车系列报道之三

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陈方建

2004-01-01

@@ 丰田生产模式(Toyota Production System,TPS)对国内读者来说并不陌生,它产生于日本丰田公司,是"为实现企业对员工、社会和产品负责的目的,以彻底杜绝浪费的思想为目标,在连续改善的基础上,采用准时化与自动化方式与方法,追求制造产品合理性的一种生产方式".通过此次赴日对丰田叉车日本总部的参观考察,笔者对这一在全世界广受瞩目的生产模式有了更进一步的了解与认识,在此愿提出来与大家共享.

Il Toyota way e la crisi. Tornare alle origini del lean management per sopravvivere e prosperare

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A. Camuffo; D. Weber

2009-01-01

Nel settore automobilistico gli occhi sono tutti puntati sui bailouts delle Big Three americane e sugli interventi statali a supporto dei produttori europei, oltre che sulla scommessa rappresentata dall’operazione FIAT-Chrysler. Ma la domanda più importante per capire dove andrà il settore auto è cosa accadrà a Toyota. È questa la vera domanda che ci si deve porre, perché il Toyota Way è importante, al di là del suo destino individuale, per il destino del settore automobi...

Analisis SWOT Sebagai Faktor Penyusunan Strategi Manajemen Dalam Peningkatan Penjualan Mobil PT. Astra International TBK (Toyota Sales Operation) Cabang Medan Amplas

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Lubis, Muhammad Arman

2013-01-01

Formulation of the problem described in this research is the strategies what is being done to improve sales management, how the role of the management strategies implemented in the increase of sales, what is the relationship between management strategy with the company's plans in the future, as well as what products the strengths and weaknesses as well as the products that have the opportunities and threats in PT Astra International Tbk (Toyota Sales Operation) Branch Medan Amplas. The purpos...

Pengaruh Brand Image dan Kepercayaan Merek terhadap Minat Beli Konsumen pada Produk Mobil Toyota Etios Valco (Studi pada PT. Agung Automall Pekanbaru)

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", Antoni; Herianto, Meyzi

2017-01-01

In the higher level of competition, companies must be able to face competitors offering similar products. Competition between brands of each product in the vehicle will be more sharply captured the interest and attention of consumers. Realizing that the company PT. Agung Automall have prepared themselves by offering after-sales services that include maintenance and repair and supply of spare parts for the Toyota customer partners.This study aims to identify and analyze the brand image and bra...

"Toyota" Production system as ability to rise effectivity and competitiveness for business entity

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Kvetinskaya, A. V.; Кветинская, А. В.

2013-01-01

The article investigates Toyota’s system of production. The main principles of Lean production are described, such as Kaidzen”, “Just-in-Time”, “5 S” system, “Muda”, “Muri”, “Mura” and possibilities to adopt this system in Russian factories. В данной статье исследуется система производства которая используется в компании "Тойота". Описаны основные принципы "бережливого" производства, такие как "Кайдзен", "Точно в срок", "5С", "Муда", "Мури", "Мура" и описаны возможности применения данной с...

Toyota/Skyline Technical Education Network. Cooperative Demonstration Program. Final Performance Report.

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Skyline Coll., San Bruno, CA.

A joint project was conducted between Toyota Motor Sales and Skyline College (in the San Francisco, California, area) to create an automotive technician training program that would serve the needs of working adults. During the project, a model high technology curriculum suitable for adults was developed, the quality of instruction available for…

The Role of Ambidexterity in Managing Buyer–Supplier Relationships : The Toyota Case

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Aoki, Katsuki; Wilhelm, Miriam

2017-01-01

Most ambidexterity theories deal with managing exploration–exploitation trade-offs among business units within firms or between alliance partners, but these theories remain yet to be extended to the buyer-supplier relationship level. Through an in-depth case study of the Toyota Motor Corporation, we

Present state of applying diode laser in Toyota Motor Corp.

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Terada, Masaki; Nakamura, Hideo

2003-03-01

Since the mid-1980s, Toyota Motor Corporation has applied CO2 lasers and YAG lasers to machine (welding, piercing, cutting, surface modifying etc.) automobile parts. In recent years diode lasers, which are excellent in terms of cost performance, are now available on the market as a new type of oscillator and are expected to bring about a new age in laser technology. Two current problems with these lasers, however, are the lack of sufficient output and the difficulty in improving the focusing the beam, which is why it has not been easy to apply them to the machining of metal parts in the past. On the other hand, plastics can be joined with low energy because they have a lower melting point than metal and the rate of absorption of the laser is easy to control. Moreover, because the high degree of freedom in molding plastic parts results in many complex shapes that need to be welded, Toyota is looking into the use of diode lasers to weld plastic parts. This article will introduce the problems of plastics welding and the methods to solve them referring to actual examples.

Logic Model Checking of Unintended Acceleration Claims in Toyota Vehicles

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Gamble, Ed

2012-01-01

Part of the US Department of Transportation investigation of Toyota sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) involved analysis of the throttle control software, JPL Laboratory for Reliable Software applied several techniques including static analysis and logic model checking, to the software; A handful of logic models were build, Some weaknesses were identified; however, no cause for SUA was found; The full NASA report includes numerous other analyses

ANALISIS FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI KONSUMEN DALAM MEMILIH MOBIL MERK TOYOTA RUSH PADA PT. HADJI KALLA CABANG URIP SUMIHARJO MAKASSAR

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PRABUANA H.P, MOCH.

2013-01-01

2012 Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis Pengaruh Faktor bauran Bauran pemasaran (marketing mix) terhadap keputusan pembelian mobil merek Toyota Rush pada PT. Hadji Kalla cabang Urip Sumiharjo Makassar. Data penelitian ini diperoleh dari kuisioner (primer) dan beberapa observasi serta wawancara langsung dengan pihak terkait dengan produk mobil Toyota Rush. Temuan penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa variabel bauran pemasaran yang terdiri dari faktor Produk (kualitas), Harga, promosi, d...

A Review of Just-In-Time Scheduling for Production and Logistics

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田村, 隆善

1999-01-01

The Just-In-Time (JIT) production has been developed as a subsystem of the "whole" Toyota production system (TPS). Currently JIT or JIT production means the TPS especially in foreign countries. It is recognized that JIT is a key concept for enterprises competing in the diversified-products market. The technologies used in JIT are comprehensive and include technologies to design, install and control a production system, which are classified into three categories : hardware, information and sof...

ME化と労資関係 : トヨタ自動車を事例として

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猿田, 正機; Masaki, Saruta; 中京大学経営学部

1992-01-01

In recent years, the high competitiveness of Toyota in international markets has been attracting worldwide attention. It has generally been asserted that the main reasons for Toyota's success have been the just-in-time (JIT) system, small-group production, and worker diligence, but I consider that the key to understanding the secret of Toyota's high competitiveness is the labour-management relations factor. The features of Toyota's production system cited above-JIT, small-group activities, an...

The management of production value stream factors in a foundry

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S. Borkowski

2010-01-01

Full Text Available Connection of two value streams: production and human resources were proposed as a new approach to the production process. To assess the factors of production value streams the elements of the top of the Toyota's house as well as fourth and sixth Toyota's managing principles were used. On the basis of the feedback from respondents –the foundry workers, there can be determined the validity of series of decisive factors' importance that equalizes the work load and requires the standardization.

Modeling Kanban Processes in Systems Engineering

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2012-06-01

results in lower change traffic and defect incidence. • KSS: Incremental SE, with some design up-front and design continuing throughout development...Boston: Addison-Wesley. [11] Morgan, James M, and Jeffrey K Liker. (2006). The Toyota Product Development System: Integrating People, Process, and

PELANGGARAN PRINSIP-PRINSIP KERJA SAMA PADA IKLAN TOYOTA VERSI DORAEMON-NOBITA BBQ

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Idrus Idrus

2017-01-01

Kepatuhan pada prinsip-prinsip kerja sama Grice dalam berkomunikasi akan menyebabkan komunikasi berjalan efisien. Iklan merupakan salah satu bentuk mengkomunikasikan produk atau jasa. Bahasa Iklan dapat menciptakan efek persuasi yang kuat dengan melakukan pelanggaran terhadap maksim-maksim pada prinsip-prinsip kerja sama Grice. Pada makalah ini dipaparkan prinsip-prinsip kerja sama pada iklan Toyota versi Doraemon-Nobita BBQ dan tujuan pembuat iklan melakukan pelanggaran maksim-maksim tersebut.

PELANGGARAN PRINSIP-PRINSIP KERJA SAMA PADA IKLAN TOYOTA VERSI DORAEMON-NOBITA BBQ

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Idrus Idrus

2017-03-01

Full Text Available Kepatuhan pada prinsip-prinsip kerja sama Grice dalam berkomunikasi akan menyebabkan komunikasi berjalan efisien. Iklan merupakan salah satu bentuk mengkomunikasikan produk atau jasa. Bahasa Iklan dapat menciptakan efek persuasi yang kuat dengan melakukan pelanggaran terhadap maksim-maksim pada prinsip-prinsip kerja sama Grice. Pada makalah ini dipaparkan prinsip-prinsip kerja sama pada iklan Toyota versi Doraemon-Nobita BBQ dan tujuan pembuat iklan melakukan pelanggaran maksim-maksim tersebut.

IMPACT OF UNETHICAL PRACTICES ON BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY ON TOYOTA

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Uzma Ehtesham; Asif Amin Kuchey

2017-01-01

Purpose: This paper tries to identify the unethical practice carried out by the Toyota. It also tries to examine the impact of these unethical practices on their respective employee performance, their employee relations, company credibility, and on the society. Lessons can be learned from these experiences and preventive measures can be applied across international borders to improve business conduct in other developing economies. Design / Methodology/ Approach-The present research paper ...

Identifying variables that influence manufacturing product quality

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Marek Krynke

2014-10-01

Full Text Available In the article a risk analysis of the production process of selected products in a plant producing votive candles was conducted. The Pareto-Lorenz diagram and FMEA method were used which indicated the most important areas affecting the production of selected elements of candles. The synthesis of intangible factors affecting production in the audited company was also carried out with particular emphasis on the operation of the production system. The factors determining the validity of studies was examined, describing the principle of BOST 14 Toyota management. The most important areas of the company were identified, positively affecting the production process.

Analisis Kenyamanan Serta Redesain Pegas Suspensi Mobil Toyota Fortuner 4.0 V6 SR (AT 4x4

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Puja Priyambada

2017-01-01

Full Text Available Perkembangan dunia otomotif mengalami kemajuan yang sangat pesat. Seiring dengan perkembangan  tersebut kualitas kenyamanan kendaraan merupakan faktor yang harus diperhatikan. Dalam upaya meningkatkan kualitas kenyamanan kendaraan dilakukan pengembangan dalam sistem suspensi. Hal ini yang mendasari penulis untuk melakukan penelitian terkait suspensi mobil Toyota Fortuner 4.0 V6 SR. Pada penelitian ini, terdapat dua tahap, yakni tahap pengujian dan tahap analisis. Tahap pengujian untuk mendapatkan persentase road holding yang digunakan dalam menentukan kriteria keamanan kendaraan. Pada tahap analisis dilakukan simulasi untuk mengetahui percepatan rms yang dialami penumpang dengan pemodelan Half Car memanjang. Selanjutnya dilakukan perancangan ulang pegas suspensi yang lebih baik dari segi keamanan dan kenyamanan. Dari penelitian ini diketahui bahwa desain dari mobil Toyota Fortuner mengutamakan kenyamanan untuk penggunaan di jalan perkotaan. Berdasarkan standar ISO 2631 menunjukkan bahwa respon suspensi redesain untuk jalan perkotaan menghasilkan kenyamanan yang lebih baik daripada suspensi aktual. Berdasarkan kriteria keamanan BEISSBARTH dari hasil pengujian menunjukkan bahwa suspensi mobil Toyota Fortuner termasuk dalam kategori kurang baik sedangkan hasil simulasi untuk suspensi aktual dan redesain termasuk dalam kategori cukup baik. Dari hasil penelitian didapatkan kekakuan pegas untuk suspensi depan (ksf = 44631,61 N/m dan (ksr = 53500 N/m untuk suspensi belakang.

Achieving higher efficiency of production through knowledge management via social capital management

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Jana Plchová

2015-09-01

Full Text Available The article shows a new approach – how to reach higher efficiency in the production from knowledge management via managing social capital through measurement, motivation and stimulation. The test in a real company on the Toyota system implementation is de-scribed. The active involvement of people is an important part of the Toyota system success. This is obvious in Japan but creates a big problem in Europe. These problems were tested in order to answer the following questions: 1. Is it possible to measure the social system level before the application of the system?, 2. Is it possible to evaluate the necessary level of the social system for successful implementation in advance?, 3. Is it possible to cultivate the social system to the desired level? We try to answer all of these questions adopting the Kopčaj Spiral Management approach. The practical results on an existing company are presented together with managerial recommendations.

Proceedings of the Annual Acquisition Research Symposium (7th), Acquistion Research: Creating Synergy for Informed Change 12-13 May 2010. Volume 1

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2010-04-30

Press. Morgan, J.M., & Liker, J.K. (2006). The Toyota product development system: Integrating people, process, and technology. New York: Productivity...Press. Ohno, T., & Bodek, N. (2008). Toyota production system: Beyond large-scale production. New York: Productivity Press. Reinertsen, D.G. (2009...advanced technology demonstrations (often proprietary) advertised to fully meet the system capability needs and can be developed in a timely and

Portfolio Acquisition - How the DoD Can Leverage the Commercial Product Line Model

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2015-04-30

supply chain and affordable, stable development and production rates (Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy [MIBP], n.d.). Strategies would explore...but focused on delivering a full integrated user experience across products and services. Toyota designs, develops, and produces its cars, trucks...Intelligence Agency could continue to supply inputs on mission and system threats as well as adversaries’ current and planned capabilities to help

Plan estratégico 2010-2013 Toyota en USA

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Justo Coloma, Ana Cecilia; Alvarado Barrantes, Jorge Augusto; Boza Dibos, Francisco Juan José

2015-01-01

El presente trabajo realiza un análisis estratégico para Toyota en USA, abarcando los siguientes aspectos: (i) Los antecedentes de la compañía, la descripción del negocio, el alcance geográfico, la visión, la misión y los valores corporativos; (ii) La evaluación externa del macroentorno, el nivel de atracción y el ciclo de vida de la industria, así como el perfil competitivo y (iii) La descripción y el análisis de la cadena de valor, los recursos y capacidades y la posición financiera. La pri...

Lean Thinking in systems with non-negligible process variability

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Nielsen, Erland Hejn; Simons, David

2000-01-01

Lean Thinking (Womack and Jones) improves quality, cost and delivery through the relentless elimination of wastes. For example, the exemplar of Lean, the Toyota Production system, focuses on improvement through the continual elimination of seven categorised wastes (Ohno). Time compression (Stalk ...

Standing on the shoulders of giants: production concepts versus production applications. The Hitachi Tool Engineering example Sobre ombros de gigantes: conceitos de produção versus aplicações na produção. O exemplo da Hitachi Tool Engineering

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Eliyahu M. Goldratt

2009-09-01

Full Text Available This article analyzes the methodologies of Henry Ford, Taiichi Ohno, and Eliyahu Goldratt and presents explicitly the four principles of flow management according to these operations management philosophies. The differences among them are related to different instances of the same principles in different environments: Ford in his industry focusing on mass production of few (or one products, Ohno at Toyota with the Toyota production System (TPS, and Goldratt in a wide range of production environments. The concepts are illustrated and tested in a practical case of implementation in the Hitachi Tool Engineering company. Here, we have the classic case of an unlikely successful attempt to implement a methodology (Lean, and how the Theory of Constraints (TOC solved this issue. Finally, the limits for the solution proposed by Goldratt for operations management (DBR are described.Este artigo avalia as metodologias de Henry Ford, Taiichi Ohno e Elyahu Goldratt e apresenta de maneira explícita os quatros princípios de gestão do fluxo que estão por trás destas filosofias de gestão de operações. As diferenças entre estas três são traçadas para diferentes instâncias dos mesmos princípios em ambientes específicos: Ford em sua indústria, com foco na produção em massa de poucos (ou um produtos; Ohno na Toyota, com o Toyota Production System (TPS; e Goldratt, em uma classe ampla de ambientes de produção. Os conceitos são ilustrados e postos à prova no caso prático da Hitachi Tool Engineering. Este é o caso clássico de tentativa de implementação de uma metodologia (Lean que não se aplica e como isto foi resolvido pela Teoria das Restrições (TOC. Finalmente os limites da solução proposta por Goldratt para a gestão de operações (TPC são explicitados.

The promise of fuel cell-based automobiles

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hybrid system or with a fuel cell–supercapacitor hybrid system (figure 4). In a clear demonstration of its commitment to have fuel-cell cars in series production by 2004, .... Toyota plans to launch a commercial FCV in 2003. Exxon and Toyota are working together on technology to extract hydrogen from gasoline. Toyota keeps ...

Lean Thinking in Systems with Non-Negligible Process Variability

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Nielsen, Erland Hejn; Simons, David

2000-01-01

Lean Thinking (Womack and Jones) improves quality, cost and delivery through the relentless elimination of the wastes. For example, the exemplar of Lean, the Toyota Production system, focuses on improvement through the continual elimination of seven categorised wastes (Ohno). Time compression (St...

Pengaruh Sistem Pengapian Terhadap Produk Gas Buang yang Dihasilkan oleh Motor Toyota Type 5K

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Paryono Paryono

2009-02-01

Full Text Available Salah platina dan elektronik pada satu faktor yang menyebabkan polusi udara di sekitar kita adalah gas buang hasil pembakaran bahan bakar dan udara yang ditimbulkan oleh banyaknya kendaraan di jalan raya. Selain itu dalam rangka era globalisasi semua produsen kendaraan bermotor dituntut untuk bersaing lebih ketat dalam memproduksi kendaraan yang praktis, ekonomis, dan selalu memperhatikan aspek lingkungan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui perbedaan produk emisi gas buang yang teridiri dari carbon hidrogen, carbon monoksida, dan oksigen yang dihasilkan oleh kendaraan bermotor Toyota 5K yang menggunakan sistem pengapian saat putaran rendah, menengah, dan tinggi. Sebagai objek penelitian digunakan motor Toyota 5K. Hasil yang diperoleh dari pengujian menunjukkan bahwa putaran motor dan sistem pengapian ada iteraksi yang signifikan dengan F rasio = 96,966 pada p < 0,05 terhadap emisi gas buang HC dan F rasio = 12, 801 pada p < 0,05 terhadap emisi gas buang CO. Hal ini berarti bahwa pada berbagai putaran motor, produk emisi gas buang paa sistem pengapian elektronik lebih rendah daripada sistem pengapian konvensional.

Renault, Volkswagen ja Toyota Baltimaade suurimad müügihitid / Tõnu Tramm

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Tramm, Tõnu, 1968-

2004-01-01

Ilmunud ka: Delovõje Vedomosti 1. sept. lk. 11. Ülevaade Baltimaade 2004. aasta esimese seitsme kuu uute autode registreerimise statistikast. Diagramm ja tabelid: Eesti turuosa jätkuvalt Baltimaade suurim; Toyota Baltimaades ostetuim; Renault' müük kasvanud kõige rohkem; Eestis kasvas kõige enam Renault' müük; Lätis kasvas enim Hyundai müük; Leedus kasvas enim Mitsubishi müük; Juulis varastati välismaalastelt 24 autot. Vt. samas: Autovargad ihaldavad turistide autosid

76 FR 35176 - Operation of Radar Systems in the 76-77 GHz Band

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2011-06-16

... petitions for rulemaking filed by Toyota Motor Corporation (``TMC'') and Era Systems Corporation (``Era... and the general public. This action is taken in response to petitions for rulemaking filed by Toyota... NRAO's concerns about possible interference, but note that the peak limit recommended by Toyota is...

Transportation flow analysis in a centralised supply chain at Toyota Material Handling Europe

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Gustavsson, Styrbjörn; Öberg, Mikael

2010-01-01

This report is the result of a Master Thesis written at Toyota Material Handling Europe (TMHE), with the purpose to map the existing spare part supply chain structure and to analyse future suggested supply chain structures with a focus on transportation flows. TMHE is one of the world’s largest producing forklift distributers with large market shares throughout Europe. Besides the main activity of forklifts the aftermarket of distributing spare parts is a major business. With a current decent...

New high expansion ratio gasoline engine for the TOYOTA hybrid system. Improving engine efficiency with high expansion ratio cycle; Hybrid system yo kobochohi gasoline engine. Kobochohi cycle ni yoru engine no kokoritsuka

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Hirose, K; Takaoka, T; Ueda, T; Kobayashi, Y [Toyota Motor Corp., Aichi (Japan)

1997-10-01

50% reduction of CO2 and fuel consumption have been achieved with the newly developed gasoline engine for the Toyota Hybrid System. This is achieved due to the combination of electric motors and the internal combustion engine which is optimized in the size, swept volume and heat cycle. By delaying the intake valve close timing a high expansion ratio (13.5:1) cycle has been realized. Electricmotor assist enable to cut the maximum engine speed, and friction loss. A best fuel consumption figure better than 230 g/kWh has been achieved. Elimination of lightload firing, motor assisted quick start and improvement of catalyst warm up makes to achieve the clean emission level such as 1/10 of Japanese `78 regulation limit. 10 refs., 16 figs., 1 tab.

Možnosti zvyšování produktivity a zlepšování firemních procesů pomocí metod a nástrojů průmyslového inženýrství a systémů zavádění štíhlé výroby

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KOTTOVÁ, Jitka

2009-01-01

This diploma thesis concerns the possibility of increasing productivity and improving business processes using methods and tools of industrial engineering and systems implementation of lean manufacturing in the company Schwan-STABILO ČR, s.r.o. The concept of lean production is known from the 50 of the last century and was first applied to the Japanese automaker Toyota, which due to its production system (Toyota Production System) was able to produce faster, cheaper and above all to a higher ...

Analisis Stabilitas Arah Mobil Toyota Agya G dengan Variasi Jumlah Penumpang, Kecepatan Belok, Sudut Belok dan Kemiringan Melintang Jalan

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Faisal Rahman

2017-03-01

Full Text Available Mobil jenis Low Cost Green Car (LCGC semakin banyak digunakan masyarakat karena harganya yang murah dan ramah lingkungan. Meski termasuk kendaraan dengan biaya produksi yang rendah, adanya analisis perilaku arah kendaraan tetap diperlukan untuk menjamin kenyamaan dan keamanan pengemudi. Pada penelitian ini, analisa slip, skid dan guling dilakukan untuk mengetahui stabilitas kendaraan jenis LCGC, yaitu Toyota Agya. Pengaruh jumlah penumpang, kecepatan, sudut belok dan kemiringan melintang jalan terhadap slip, skid dan guling juga diperhitungkan. Sebagai komparatif studi, uji jalan dilakukan untuk mendapatkan koefisien understeer dan mengetahui kecepatan kendaraan dalam kondisi skid. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa mobil Toyota Agya mengalami kondisi stabilitas paling baik ketika dinaiki oleh 2 orang penumpang dengan sudut kemiringan melintang jalan 5.7°. Sedangkan kecepatan maksimum kendaraan tidak terguling terjadi pada kecepatan 94,987 km/jam untuk sudut belok 5° dan pada kecepatan 46,585 km/jam sudut belok 25°.

トヨタ自動車の欧州生産事業 : 生産システムの移転

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公文, 溥

2006-01-01

This paper represents an attempt to investigate the transferability of the Toyota production system into Europe, as adjudged from fieldresearch conducted at manufacturing plants. I have defined the Toyota production system as an entity made up of three elements: (1) rational production control methods (such as just-in-time or small-lot production), (2) high-level skill formation of workers (e.g. job rotation and problem-solving on the line), and (3) long-term transactions between a given asse...

Utilização de Bloquinhos de Montagem LEGO® para o Ensino dos Conceitos do Sistema Toyota de Produção

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Alexandre Pinho

2005-07-01

Full Text Available Este artigo mostra como é possível facilitar  o aprendizado dos conceitos sobre o Sistema Toyota de Produção. É utilizada uma dinâmica de ensino através de bloquinhos de montagem LEGO® batizada de MIB – Montagem Interativa de Bloquinhos. Esta dinâmica além de abordar os principais conceitos sobre o Sistema de Toyota de Produção, também utiliza os conceitos sobre Just-in-time (JIT, tempo de setup, metodologia  5S e nivelamento de produção (Heijunka. O artigo descreve as quatro rodadas utilizadas na dinâmica MIB e como os conceitos descritos anteriormente são transmitidos aos alunos.

The motivation for strategic alliance formation: A case study between FAW-Volkswagen and FAW-Toyota

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CHEN, L

2009-01-01

This paper investigates the concept of strategic alliance, motivations for strategic alliances formation and criteria for selecting strategic partners. At the same time, it integrates present situations of the international and domestic automobile industries. By analysis and comparison of motives between strategic alliance of FAW-Volkswagen and that of FAW-Toyota, it sums up reasons of China's automobile industry joining strategic alliances and problems that will occur. This paper aims at pro...

Multi-assortment rhythmic production planning and control

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Skolud, B.; Krenczyk, D.; Zemczak, M.

2015-11-01

A method for production planning in a repetitive manufacturing system which allows for estimating the possibility of processing work orders in due time is presented. The difference between two approaches are presented; the first one one-piece flow elaborated in Toyota and the second one elaborated by authors that consists in defining sufficient conditions to filter all solutions and providing a set of admissible solutions for both the client and the producer. In the paper attention is focused on the buffer allocation. Illustrative examples are presented.

Analýza firemních kultur Baťa, Google a Toyota a porovnání postojů zaměstnanců v ČR v roce 2011

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Ježková, Kateřina

2011-01-01

Bachelor thesis "An Analysis of Corporate Cultures Bata, Google and Toyota and Comparison of Attitudes of Employees in CR in 2011" briefly discusses the corporate culture in general- possible definitions, formation and change. Closer is discussed Schein's concept of corporate culture, especially his three level model. The study is also focused on corporate culture of Bata, Google and Toyota corporations, which was analyzed based on the available literature. A comparison of the concept of corp...

Elaboración de las políticas y procesos de control interno para mitigar los riesgos legales-tibutarios de Toyota del Ecuador S.A.

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Flores Andrade, Wilson Roberto

2015-01-01

This dissertation seeks to establish policies and internal control procedures governing the activities of Toyota del Ecuador S.A. in order to mitigate potential legal-tax risks. The legislation that applies to the Ecuadorian automotive industry, and tax theory are described in Chapter 1. They also take into account basic concepts and several systems of internal control, choosing as the basis for this paper the COSO II model. Chapter 2 begins by describing the international environment o...

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Nonaka, T., E-mail: nonaka@mosk.tytlabs.co.jp; Dohmae, K.; Hayashi, Y.; Yamaguchi, S.; Nagai, Y.; Hirose, Y. [Toyota Central R& D Labs., Inc., 41-1 Nagakute Aichi 480-1192 Japan (Japan); Araki, T. [Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE UK (United Kingdom); Tanaka, T.; Kitamura, H. [RIKEN Harima Institute 1-1-1 Koto Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148 (Japan); Uruga, T.; Yamazaki, H.; Yumoto, H.; Ohashi, H.; Goto, S. [JASRI/SPring-8 1-1-1 Koto Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148 (Japan)

2016-07-27

The Toyota beamline (BL33XU) at SPring-8 is an undulator beamline developed to assist in the study of various automotive-related materials. The light source is a tapered in-vacuum undulator that provides a variable energy band width as well as a high brilliance X-ray beam. Two different optical arrangements are available: Optics 1 and Optics 2. Optics 1 is dedicated to time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAFS), and consists of two channel-cut crystal monochromators and four water-cooled flat Si mirrors. The Si(111) and Si(220) monochromator crystals cover an energy range of 4.0–46.0 keV and are driven by high-speed AC servo motors. These monochromators, in conjunction with the tapered undulator, enable high-quality XAFS data acquisition with a temporal resolution of 10 ms. Optics 2 is optimized for X-ray diffraction, scattering and imaging and includes a recently installed double crystal monochromator, two water-cooled flat Si mirrors and Kirkpatrick-Baez (KB) focusing mirrors. The monochromator incorporates parallel mounted Si(111) and Si(311) crystals and covers an energy range of 4.5–70 keV. The beamline provides two experimental stations: Exp. Hutch 2 and Exp. Hutch 3. The gas supply system and mass spectrometers installed in Exp. Hutch 2 allow in-operando measurements under various atmospheres. The scanning three-dimensional X-ray diffraction (scanning 3DXRD) microscopy instrumentation developed and installed in Exp. Hutch 3 enables non-destructive orientation and stress mapping of 1 mm-thick steel specimens using a high energy microbeam.

Toyota beamline (BL33XU) at SPring-8

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Nonaka, T.; Dohmae, K.; Hayashi, Y.; Yamaguchi, S.; Nagai, Y.; Hirose, Y.; Araki, T.; Tanaka, T.; Kitamura, H.; Uruga, T.; Yamazaki, H.; Yumoto, H.; Ohashi, H.; Goto, S.

2016-01-01

The Toyota beamline (BL33XU) at SPring-8 is an undulator beamline developed to assist in the study of various automotive-related materials. The light source is a tapered in-vacuum undulator that provides a variable energy band width as well as a high brilliance X-ray beam. Two different optical arrangements are available: Optics 1 and Optics 2. Optics 1 is dedicated to time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAFS), and consists of two channel-cut crystal monochromators and four water-cooled flat Si mirrors. The Si(111) and Si(220) monochromator crystals cover an energy range of 4.0–46.0 keV and are driven by high-speed AC servo motors. These monochromators, in conjunction with the tapered undulator, enable high-quality XAFS data acquisition with a temporal resolution of 10 ms. Optics 2 is optimized for X-ray diffraction, scattering and imaging and includes a recently installed double crystal monochromator, two water-cooled flat Si mirrors and Kirkpatrick-Baez (KB) focusing mirrors. The monochromator incorporates parallel mounted Si(111) and Si(311) crystals and covers an energy range of 4.5–70 keV. The beamline provides two experimental stations: Exp. Hutch 2 and Exp. Hutch 3. The gas supply system and mass spectrometers installed in Exp. Hutch 2 allow in-operando measurements under various atmospheres. The scanning three-dimensional X-ray diffraction (scanning 3DXRD) microscopy instrumentation developed and installed in Exp. Hutch 3 enables non-destructive orientation and stress mapping of 1 mm-thick steel specimens using a high energy microbeam.

The Enigma of Toyota's Competitive Advantage: Is Denso the Missing Link in the Academic Literature?

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Evelyn Anderson

2003-01-01

This paper analyses the reasons for the competitiveness of Toyota. It focuses on the company’s unique relationship with one partner supplier – Denso – where contingency loss potential is the greatest. A literature review reveals some gaps between the English and Japanese literature. The author uses resource based view literature, game theory literature, transaction cost literature and the concept of positive external economy to explain Toyota’s success. She also identifies a future research q...

Implications of the Tohoku earthquake for Toyota's coordination mechanism: Supply chain disruption of automotive semiconductors

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Matsuo, Hirofumi

2015-01-01

The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake damaged severely and extensively a large geographical area and caused devastating disruptions to the industrial supply chains in Japan. This paper focuses on a case of supply disruption of the automotive microcontroller units, which were produced by Renesas Electronics and supplied to Toyota via its first tier vendors like Denso. The first purpose of this paper is to describe, from a supply chain management view point, what happened and what actions these companies ...

Visual control as a key factor in a production process of a company from automotive branch

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Stanisław Borkowski

2013-04-01

Full Text Available This article presents a theoretical basis for one type of control in enterprises – visual control. It presents the meaning of visual control in the Toyota Production System and BOST researches as a tool of measure, among other things, the importance of visual control in production companies. The level of importance of visual control usage as one of the production process elements in the analysed company was indicated. The usage of visual control is a main factor in a production process of the analyzed company, the factor which provides continuous help to employees to check whether the process differs from the standard. The characteristic progression of production process elements was indicated and the SW factor (the use of visual control took the third place, PE factor (interruption of production when it detects a problem of quality turned out to be the most important one, while the least important was the EU factor (granting power of attorney down. The main tools for this evaluation: an innovative BOST survey - Toyota's management principles in questions, in particular, the Pareto-Lorenz diagram, radar graph and series of importance as graphical interpretation tools, were used to present the importance of each factor in relation to individual assessments.

Toyota's innovative concept for a SI direct fuel injection system

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Matsumura, E.; Kanda, M.; Hattori, F. [Toyota Motor Corporation, Shizuoka (Japan)

2013-08-01

To reduce environmental footprint of vehicle, demands have been intensifying for gasoline engines with lower fuel consumption, improved power performance, and lower emissions. The adoption of direct injection technology is rapidly expanding because it is an efficient way to achieve these targets. Originally, gasoline direct injection engines were designed to allow stratified lean combustion, which has a significant fuel consumption reduction effect. However, as exhaust gas emission regulations have become more stringent, the combustion strategy of most gasoline direct injection engines was changed to homogeneous stoichiometric combustion. Stratified lean combustion can nevertheless be used during catalyst heat up phase to fasten it and reduce pollutant emissions. In addition, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), widely used in Diesel combustion, can also be used in gasoline engine to further reduce fuel consumption by reducing fuel requirement to maintain stoichiometric combustion. Regulations covering the emission of particulate matter (PM), which is an issue of direct injection, have also been strengthened, such as by the introduction of particle number restrictions in Europe. Based on this background, this article introduces the new Toyota direct injection (D-4S) concept that was developed to respond to such requirements. In this concept, combustion speed and air-fuel mixture homogeneity were improved by active usage of spray jets to strengthen the in-cylinder flow. The PM number and oil dilution were significantly reduced by usage of a thin fan-shaped spray formed by a slit nozzle. In addition, this developed slit nozzle has high potential to avoid deposit build-up. Moreover, fast catalyst warming up performance was secured to achieve a low level of emissions compatible with the super ultra low emission vehicle (SULEV) standards in North America. (orig.)

Quality Initiatives in the Commercial Development of Reusable Launch Vehicles

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2015-03-01

projected that if the cost-escalation proceeds at the same trends, the budget allotted for the EELV program will consume most of the $7.06 billion...became necessary. Furthermore, with the emergence of the industrial society came freedom of choice for the consumer . Manufacturers now had to compete... Toyota Production System (TPS) developed by the Toyota Motor Company, where the goal of the system was to increase production efficiency by reducing

Problems concerning product quality enhancement

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Marek Krynke

2016-03-01

Full Text Available In the article analysis of the discrepancies in the production process for selected products in a company producing candles was carried out. Using the Pareto-Lorenzdiagram and the FMEA method the most essential areas having influence on the production of candles were shown. Apart from factors connected with the manufacturing side of the process, factors of the labour organization and requirements concerning the quality of material were also noted. An appropriate quality of equipment constitutes one of the essential conditions of production process functioning and this directly influences manufacturing possibilities of the enterprise. A synthesis of immaterial factors that influence the production of the enterprise, taking into consideration conditions of functioning the production system, was also carried out. The set of factors selected for description was the fourteenth Toyota management principle. Respondents were asked to provide answers which could bring the best improvements.

Implementation of lean leadership

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Trenkner Małgorzata

2016-12-01

Full Text Available The Toyota case proves that lean leadership is of critical importance for the successful implementation and permanent functioning of Lean Production System. There is no ready formula for developing Toyota style lean leadership. However, one may gain inspiration from its experience.

Hydrogen: the great debate. 'Power to Gas - how to cope with the challenge of electricity storage?; Hydrogen in energy transition: which challenges to be faced?; Hydrogen, essential today, indispensable tomorrow; Electrolytic hydrogen, a solution for energy transition?; Development of high power electrolysis systems: need and approach; Hydrogen as energy vector, Potential and stakes: a perspective; The Toyota Fuel Cell System: a new era for the automotive industry; Three key factors: production, applications to mobility, and public acceptance; Hydrogen, benevolent fairy or tempting demon

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Hauet, Jean-Pierre; Boucly, Philippe; Beeker, Etienne; Mauberger, Pascal; Quint, Aliette; Pierre, Helene; Lucchese, Paul; Bouillon-Delporte, Valerie; Chauvet, Bertrand; Brisse, Annabelle; Gautier, Ludmila; Hercberg, Sylvain; De Volder, Marc; Gruson, Jean-Francois; Marion, Pierre; Grellier, Sebastien; Devezeaux, Jean-Guy; Mansilla, Christine; Le Net, Elisabeth; Le Duigou, Alain; Maire, Jacques

2015-01-01

This publication proposes a set of contributions which address various issues related to the development of the use of hydrogen as an energy source. More precisely, these contributions discuss how to face the challenge of electricity storage by using the Power-to-Gas technology, the challenges to be faced regarding the role of hydrogen in energy transition, the essential current role of hydrogen and its indispensable role for tomorrow, the possible role of electrolytic hydrogen as a solution for energy transition, the need of and the approach to a development of high power electrolysis systems, the potential and stakes of hydrogen as an energy vector, the Toyota fuel cell system as a sign for new era for automotive industry, the three main factors (production, applications to mobility, and public acceptance) for the use of hydrogen in energy transition, and the role of hydrogen perceived either as a benevolent fairy or a tempting demon

Sistema Toyota de produção: mais do que simplesmente Just-in-Time

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Ghinato,Paulo

1995-01-01

As interpretações acerca do Sistema Toyota de Produção (STP), apontando o Just-In-Time e o Kanban como sua essência, demostram um entendimento limitado de sua verdadeira abrangência e potencialidade. O STP está estruturado sobre a base da completa eliminação das perdas, tendo o JIT e a autonomação como seus dois pilares de sustentação. O Controle da Qualidade Zero Defeitos (CQZD) aparece, também, como elemento essencial para a operacionalização da autonomação e funcionalidade de todo o sistem...

Pursuing the perfect patient experience.

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Kaplan, Gary S

2013-01-01

Adapting the principles and tools of the Toyota Production System to healthcare in the form of the Virginia Mason Production System has enabled Virginia Mason Medical Center to transform itself as an organization. Virginia Mason has worked persistently for more than a decade to apply Toyota methods to eliminate waste, improve safety and quality, and provide the community it serves with the highest-quality healthcare at the lowest cost. We have made great progress in this pursuit.

The challenge of implementing TPS in the Czech Republic: A study in cross-cultural management

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Koža, Michal

2014-01-01

This master's thesis analyzes the possibilities of implementation of Toyota Production System within Japanese subsidiaries in Czech Republic. It explores the fit between the cultural values of Czech and Japanese management and the values incorporated in the Toyota Production System. In order to conduct the study, 79 companies were contacted, and survey responses from a total of 108 Czech and Japanese employees were collected. Data from the survey show that both Czech and Japanese employees ha...

Establishing operational stability--developing human infrastructure.

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Gomez, Max A; Byers, Ernest J; Stingley, Preston; Sheridan, Robert M; Hirsch, Joshua A

2010-12-01

Over the past year, Toyota has come under harsh scrutiny as a result of several recalls. These well publicized mishaps have not only done damage to Toyota's otherwise sterling reputation for quality but have also called into question the assertions from a phalanx of followers that Toyota's production system (generically referred to as TPS or Lean) is the best method by which to structure one's systems of operation. In this article, we discuss how Toyota, faced with the pressure to grow its business, did not appropriately cadence this growth with the continued development and maintenance of the process capabilities (vis a vis the development of human infrastructure) needed to adequately support that growth. We draw parallels between the pressure Toyota faced to grow its business and the pressure neurointerventional practices face to grow theirs, and offer a methodology to support that growth without sacrificing quality.

Iterative development of visual control systems in a research vivarium.

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Bassuk, James A; Washington, Ida M

2014-01-01

The goal of this study was to test the hypothesis that reintroduction of Continuous Performance Improvement (CPI) methodology, a lean approach to management at Seattle Children's (Hospital, Research Institute, Foundation), would facilitate engagement of vivarium employees in the development and sustainment of a daily management system and a work-in-process board. Such engagement was implemented through reintroduction of aspects of the Toyota Production System. Iterations of a Work-In-Process Board were generated using Shewhart's Plan-Do-Check-Act process improvement cycle. Specific attention was given to the importance of detecting and preventing errors through assessment of the following 5 levels of quality: Level 1, customer inspects; Level 2, company inspects; Level 3, work unit inspects; Level 4, self-inspection; Level 5, mistake proofing. A functioning iteration of a Mouse Cage Work-In-Process Board was eventually established using electronic data entry, an improvement that increased the quality level from 1 to 3 while reducing wasteful steps, handoffs and queues. A visual workplace was realized via a daily management system that included a Work-In-Process Board, a problem solving board and two Heijunka boards. One Heijunka board tracked cage changing as a function of a biological kanban, which was validated via ammonia levels. A 17% reduction in cage changing frequency provided vivarium staff with additional time to support Institute researchers in their mutual goal of advancing cures for pediatric diseases. Cage washing metrics demonstrated an improvement in the flow continuum in which a traditional batch and queue push system was replaced with a supermarket-type pull system. Staff engagement during the improvement process was challenging and is discussed. The collective data indicate that the hypothesis was found to be true. The reintroduction of CPI into daily work in the vivarium is consistent with the 4P Model of the Toyota Way and selected Principles

Iterative development of visual control systems in a research vivarium.

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James A Bassuk

Full Text Available The goal of this study was to test the hypothesis that reintroduction of Continuous Performance Improvement (CPI methodology, a lean approach to management at Seattle Children's (Hospital, Research Institute, Foundation, would facilitate engagement of vivarium employees in the development and sustainment of a daily management system and a work-in-process board. Such engagement was implemented through reintroduction of aspects of the Toyota Production System. Iterations of a Work-In-Process Board were generated using Shewhart's Plan-Do-Check-Act process improvement cycle. Specific attention was given to the importance of detecting and preventing errors through assessment of the following 5 levels of quality: Level 1, customer inspects; Level 2, company inspects; Level 3, work unit inspects; Level 4, self-inspection; Level 5, mistake proofing. A functioning iteration of a Mouse Cage Work-In-Process Board was eventually established using electronic data entry, an improvement that increased the quality level from 1 to 3 while reducing wasteful steps, handoffs and queues. A visual workplace was realized via a daily management system that included a Work-In-Process Board, a problem solving board and two Heijunka boards. One Heijunka board tracked cage changing as a function of a biological kanban, which was validated via ammonia levels. A 17% reduction in cage changing frequency provided vivarium staff with additional time to support Institute researchers in their mutual goal of advancing cures for pediatric diseases. Cage washing metrics demonstrated an improvement in the flow continuum in which a traditional batch and queue push system was replaced with a supermarket-type pull system. Staff engagement during the improvement process was challenging and is discussed. The collective data indicate that the hypothesis was found to be true. The reintroduction of CPI into daily work in the vivarium is consistent with the 4P Model of the Toyota Way and

Battery Usage and Thermal Performance of the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight for Various Chassis Dynamometer Test Procedures: Preprint

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Kelly, K. J.; Mihalic, M.; Zolot, M.

2001-01-01

This study describes the results from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) chassis dynamometer testing of a 2000 model year Honda Insight and 2001 model year Toyota Prius. The tests were conducted for the purpose of evaluating the battery thermal performance, assessing the impact of air conditioning on fuel economy and emissions, and providing information for NREL's Advanced Vehicle Simulator (ADVISOR)

Pengaruh Kapasitas Kondensator Terhadap Daya Mesin Toyota 5K

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M. Alfian Mizar

2009-02-01

Full Text Available Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perbedaan daya motor dan daya maksimumnya pada mesin Toyota 5K untuk pemakaian kondensator berkapasitas 0,15 mf, 0,22 mf, dan 0,25 mf. Desain yang digunakan adalah eksperimen satu jalur (one-way design dengan 3 kelompok eksperimen. Pengumpulan datanya dilakukan dengan observasi, sedangkan instrumen pengukurannya menggunakan "Prony Brake" dengan cara mengukur putaran mesin dan momen torsi yang terjadi. Hasil analisis varian menunjukkan adanya perbedaan yang dignifikan, sedangkan Scheffe test memberikan hasil: (1 ada perbedaan daya motor antara pemasangan kondensator berkapasitas 0,15 mf dengan 0,22 mf, (2 ada perbedaan daya motor antara pemasangan kondensator berkapasitas 0,15 mf dengan 0,25 mf, (3 tidak ada perbedaan daya motor antara pemasangan kondensator berkapasitas 0,22 mf dengan 0,25 mf. Daya maksimum yang dihasilkan pada pemasangan kondensator yang berkapasitas 0,15 mf, 0,22 mf, dan 0,25 mf nasing-masing adalah 59,46153+1,46177 PK, 60,32692+1,35744 PK, dan 60,78461+1,68140 PK. Jenis kondensator yang dapat menghasilkan daya paling maksimum adalah kondensator berkapasitas 0,25 mf.

Redes de producción global y aprendizaje local para la competitividad en el sector automotriz: los casos de Ford-Hermosillo y Toyota-Tijuana

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Óscar Contreras

2016-03-01

Full Text Available Este trabajo tiene tres objetivos: a mostrar las características de la nueva organización de producción en Ford Hermosillo y Toyota Tijuana; b analizar las consecuencias de incorporar compañías locales en la cadena de proveedores, y c analizar los mecanismos de transferencia de conocimiento de manufactura y capacidades gerenciales de las firmas líderes hacia las empresas locales. Los datos utilizados para el análisis en el caso de Ford provienen de un estudio reciente coordinado por óscar Contreras, basado en una encuesta con proveedores de Ford-Hermosillo, y en entrevistas con gerentes de empresas proveedoras de primera y segunda línea. En el caso de Tijuana, el análisis se basa en entrevistas realizadas con Toyota en el periodo 2003-2005, y con proveedores en 2006.

Seeking perfection in healthcare. A case study in adopting Toyota Production System methods.

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Kaplan, Gary S; Patterson, Sarah H

2008-01-01

Virginia Mason Health System's vision to be the quality leader in healthcare means continually adopting new ways of thinking. One change has been shifting from believing defects are to be expected to believing zero defects in healthcare is not only possible, but also necessary. Generally, healthcare has advanced in technology and understanding of disease, but its business and management systems have changed little since the 1950s. Virginia Mason realized it needed a management method to help make real and measurable improvements in safety, quality, service and staff satisfaction.

Lean manufacturing: A better way for enhancement in productivity

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Kumar Ahir, Pankaj; Kumar Yadav, Lalit; Singh Chandrawat, Saurabh

2012-03-01

Productivity is the impact of peoples working together. Machines are merely an extended way of collective imagination and energy. Lean Manufacturing is the most used method for continues improvement of business. Organization management philosophy focusing on the reduction of wastage to improve overall customer value. "Lean" operating principles began in manufacturing environments and are known by a variety of synonyms; Lean Manufacturing, Lean Production, Toyota Production System, etc. It is commonly believed that Lean started in Japan "The notable activities in keeping the price of Ford products low is the steady restriction of the production cycle. The longer an article is in the process of manufacture and the more it is moved about, the greater is its ultimate cost." "A systematic approach to identifying and eliminating waste through continuous improvement, flowing the product at the pull of the customer in pursuit of perfection."

Report on a project to support promotion of forming an environmentally friendly energy community. Survey on an environmentally friendly community business by means of high-efficiency wastes power generation system in the Toyota-Kamo wide area; Kankyo chowagata energy community keisei sokushin hojo jigyo chosa hokokusho. Toyota Kamo koikiken kokoritsu haikibutsu hatsuden kankyo chowagata energy community jigyo chosa

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Taking the Toyota-Kamo wide area as the object, wastes power generation is positioned over the society system as worked on by administrations and operators integrally to incinerate mixedly those incineratable materials such as plastics among general and industrial combustible wastes for high-efficiency generation of power, which is supplied to electric utility operators as surplus power. Discussions were given on the business feasibility and the effectiveness as a society system. In this area, the mixed model B plan (dealing with general wastes plus industrial wastes) was evaluated as an effective plan as the society system. This is because the plan has effect to incinerate, melt and generate power from industrial wastes which have been used for land-fill, effect of improving the power generation efficiency, and effectiveness of mixed treatment with general wastes. The plan A in which general wastes are made into RDF, then incinerated mixedly with industrial wastes for power generation was evaluated to have high reliability potential of power supply and to be an effective plan as a society system, if effect can be expected to reduce transportation energy as a result of making the system large enough and turning wastes into RDF. (NEDO)

O mecanismo da função de produção: a análise dos sistemas produtivos do ponto-de-vista de uma rede de processos e operações

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José Antônio Valle Antunes Jr

1994-06-01

Full Text Available Muitos artigos têm sido escritos e muitos debates têm sido realizados no mundo ocidental, versando sobre a problemática do Sistema Toyota de Produção, tando do ponto-de-vista macoeconômico do desenvolvimento das cadeias produtivas, como do ponto-de-vista mais estrito da Engenharia Industrial. Porém, o que se percebe, na maioria das vezes, é a simplificação do Sistema Toyota de Produção, ora tratando-o como sinônimo da idéia do Just-in-Time , ora tratando-o como sinônimo da idéia do Just-In-Time/controle da Qualidade Total, passando a idéia de que é perfeitamente possível adaptar com facilidade o JIT, ou o "modelo japonês de gestão", ao ocidente. No nosso ponto-de-vista, a realidade é bem outra, e o que se passa é que os gerentes ocidentais estão experimentando algumas características do Sistema Toyota de Produção, tais como, por exemplo, o Kanban é o JIT, sem compreender em profundidade as raízes conceituais do sistema Toyota de Produção e suas implicações em amplos campos do conhecimento industrial. O objetivo central deste trabalho consiste em discutir criticamente um método de análise para compreensão de sistemas produtivos proposto por Shigeo Shingo; o Mecanismo da Função de Produção.Different papers have been presented and many discussions have been realized concerning about the Toyota Production System, from a macroeconomics point of view as well from an Industrial Engineering point of view. The problem is, that most of the time what is shown is a narrow understanding of the Toyota System, which is seen as a simple synonymy of Just-in-Time or Just-in-Time/ Total Quality Control. As a result, it seems that the Toyota System can be easily implemented in western companies. In fact, what happens is that western managers do not understand deeply the main concepts behind the Toyota System and its relationship with wide fields of Industrial knowledge. The main purpose of this paper is to present critically

Analisis Pengaruh Parameter Operasional dan Penggunaan Stabilizer terhadap Perilaku Arah Belok Mobil Toyota Fortuner 4.0 V6 SR (AT 4X4

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Deva Andriansyah

2017-01-01

Full Text Available Salah satu tipe mobil yang diminati oleh masyarakat Indonesia yaitu Toyota Fortuner yang termasuk dalam kelas mobil SUV (sport utility vehicle. Dalam pengoperasiannya mobil SUV harus mampu memberikan keamanan dan kenyamanan bagi pengendaranya. Salah satu faktor penunjang dari segi keamanan mobil ini yaitu perilaku arah beloknya. Dengan harga jual yang relatif tinggi di Indonesia, diharapkan mobil ini dapat memberikan perilaku arah belok yang baik. Terdapat dua tahapan dalam peneltian ini yaitu tahap analisis dan uji jalan pada radius belok tetap, 10 meter. Pada tahap analisis dilakukan perhitungan berdasarkan analisa slip, skid, dan guling untuk mengetahui perilaku arah belok mobil dengan variasi pada parameter operasionalnya yaitu: jumlah penumpang, kecepatan, sudut belok, kondisi permukaan jalan, dan tekanan ban. Selain itu, analisis pengaruh penggunaaan stabilizer terhadap perilaku arah belok mobil juga dilakukan. Uji jalan dilakukan untuk mengetahui Koefisien Understeer (KUS dari mobil tersebut pada jalan aspal dan tanah dengan kondisi mobil tanpa dan menggunakan stabilizer. Hasil yang didapatkan dari uji jalan akan dibandingkan dengan hasil dari analisis perhitungan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa mobil Toyota Fortuner mengalami kondisi belok paling baik ketika dinaiki oleh 2 orang penumpang dengan tekanan ban sebesar 35 Psi dan melintas pada jalan aspal karena kendaraan lebih sedikit mengalami oversteer dan memiliki (KUS positif terkecil serta tidak mudah mengalami skid. Penggunaan stabilizer pada mobil Toyota Fortuner tidak berpengaruh terhadap perilaku arah beloknya karena KUS yang dihasilkan pada uji jalan nilainya hampir sama yaitu 1,8045 dan 1,8115 pada jalan aspal serta 2,151 dan 2,1641 pada jalan tanah. Namun, penggunaan stabilizer bermanfaat untuk memperkecil sudut guling ketika mobil berbelok.

New training framework for lean manufacturing – an empirical study

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Ichimura, Maki; Arunachalam, Subramaniam; Jahankhani, Hamid

2007-01-01

Lean Manufacturing (LM) has been one of the centrepieces of manufacturing enterprises since Toyota has magnificently improved its manufacturing performance through implementing Toyota Production System (TPS). Moreover, it has been proven that LM is the manufacturing system that improves shop floor performances. Success stories of LM have led a large number of manufacturing companies to attempt to implement LM in order to improve their shop floor performance and retain competitiveness. However...

Lean implementation strategies: how are the Toyota way principles addressed?

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Coetzee, Rojanette

2016-11-01

Full Text Available Lean manufacturing is widely considered to be a proven organisational improvement philosophy, yet the success rate of lean implementation in industry remains relatively low. Neglect of the human aspect of lean manufacturing is often cited as the leading reason for this, despite the emphasis so clearly placed upon this aspect by the creators of the lean philosophy. This article reviews the extent to which the human dimensions of the lean philosophy, as described in the Toyota Way management principles, have been incorporated in lean implementation strategies. It is found that few of the principles feature prominently in these strategies. Notably absent are those linked to the ‘respect for people’ pillar , which forms half of the T oyota Way’s foundation. This conclusion indicates that the adoption of the lean philosophy runs contrary to the oft-repeated message from its creators that no tenet of the philosophy should be favoured at the expense of another. This may provide valuable insight into the reasons for the high implementation failure rate.

The lean product design and development journey a practical view

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Pessôa, Marcus Vinicius Pereira

2017-01-01

This book presents a series of high performance product design (PD) and development best practices that can create or improve product development organization. In contrast to other books that focus only on Toyota or other individual companies applying lean IPD, this book explains the lean philosophy more broadly and includes discussions of systems engineering, design for X (DFX), agile development, integrated product development, and project management. The “Lean Journey” proposed here takes a value-centric approach, where the lean principles are applied to PD to allow the tools and methods selected to emerge from observation of the individual characteristics of each enterprise. This means that understanding lean product development (LPD) is not about knowing which tools are available but knowing how to apply the philosophy. The book comes with an accompanying manual with problems and solutions available on Springer Extras.

Organización del trabajo y dispositivos de control en el sector automotriz: el toyotismo como sistema complejo de racionalización Labour Structure and Control Devices in the Automotive Industry: The "toyotism" as a complex rationalization system

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Diego Alvarez Newman

2012-06-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo pretende problematizar la concepción toyotista a partir de la descripción y el análisis del Sistema de Producción Toyota (SPT, sus principios y estrategias de aplicación. Entendemos al SPT como un sistema complejo de racionalización de la producción y de los trabajadores que opera mediante la aplicación de variados dispositivos de control técnico y social. El SPT postula ciertos principios básicos que apuntan a la mejora continua de la productividad y la calidad, poniendo en juego un andamiaje estratégico para intervenir sobre el control del tiempo y del espacio en la fábrica y sobre el control de los ritmos, movimientos y valores de los trabajadores. Estos dispositivos no operan solo como reguladores de la producción y la productividad sino que además operan como dispositivos de flexibilización de la fuerza de trabajo y dispositivos de cooptación sindical para minimizar la conflictividad laboral. Formar para contar con trabajadores involucrados con los objetivos de la empresa y con un sindicato que adhiera a la filosofía Toyota constituye un fuerte factor de productividad en el sentido en que no se verá afectado el circuito de la mejora continua.The following article intends to examine the concept of "toyotism" based on the description and analysis of the Toyota Production System (TPS and its´ principles and strategies application. We infer the TPS as a complex system which rationalizes both the production and the workers. This system works through the implementation of diverse technical and social devices. The TPS postulates certain basic principles aiming a continuous productivity and quality improvement, applying a strategic configuration to intervene in the control of the factory´s time and space as well as in the regulation of rhythms, movements and worker´s values. These devices do not only operate as production and productivity watchers, but also function as workforce flexibilization and

76 FR 2598 - Final Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard

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... the Toyota Matrix. NHTSA is correcting the final theft data to include the thefts and production volumes for the Toyota Matrix. As a result of this correction, the Toyota Matrix, previously not listed........... 219 99,176 2.2082 47 TOYOTA COROLLA 374 170,360 2.1954 48 AUDI AUDI S6 2 928 2.1552 49 GENERAL MOTORS...

Development of hybrid system for mass productive passenger car; Joyoshayo ryosangata hybrid system no kaihatsu

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Abe, S; Sasaki, S; Matsui, H; Kubo, K [Toyota Motor Corp., Aichi (Japan)

1997-10-01

The Toyota Hybrid System has two power sources which engage depending on driving conditions. An improved efficiency gasoline engine provides the main power to drive the wheels, as in conventional automobiles. Drive power can also be supplied by an electric motor, which derives its electricity from a battery and a Generator. Fuel efficiency is further boosted by other measures, such as automatically cutting the engine when the vehicle is at a stop and regenerating the energy accumulate during deceleration. Compared with conventional vehicles with a 1.5-liter engine running in 10 {center_dot} 15 mode, the CO2 emissions are reduced by half. Moreover, with the use of a motor to reduce engine load during acceleration, HC, CO, and NOx emissions are cut significantly low levels. 13 figs.

ANALISIS IDENTIFIKASI MASALAH DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN METODE FAILURE MODE AND EFFECT ANALYSIS (FMEA DAN RISK PRIORITY NUMBER (RPN PADA SUB ASSEMBLY LINE (Studi Kasus : PT. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia

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2017-07-01

Abstract The failure rate is a problem that has always attempted to be minimized by a company in order to improve the quality of products, and also were conducted by oleh Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (PT. TMMIN which is consistent in producting a quality product.  Knowing that in 2016 there is a defect GAP at 50 ppm, PT. TMMIN needs to identify the failures that occur in their company. FMEA is a method to identify and analyze the failure modes in detail that can able to know the cause and impact of each failures, so we get the proper repairment. FMEA that is used in PT. TMMIN case study indicate various modes of failure in assembly-line, then known the alternatives to repair for any prioritize failures. The priorities failures can be seen in the Risk Priority Number (RPN. Based on the RPN resulting, we can obtain the priority failures in  assembly-line of PT. TMMIN that are about the part installation errors, failures due to foreign objects in the part, and the failure of the piston assembly errors.

Lean Management Genesis

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Parkes Aneta

2015-12-01

Full Text Available Lean Management is a philosophy and management concept, based on reduction of the waste and resources used in the process of producing goods and providing services. Lean Management genesis dates back to scientific management in America (for example concepts of H. Ford and F.W. Taylor and quality management, including development of TQM concept. Japanese Toyota Production System has been inspired by chosen elements of these concepts, and then it evolved towards global concept called Toyota Way (which connects production rules with values and work attitude.

Firm-Level Productivity and Management Influence: A Comparison of U.S. and Japanese Automobile Producers

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Marvin B. Lieberman; Lawrence J. Lau; Mark D. Williams

1990-01-01

This study compares the productivity of six major US and Japanese motor vehicle manufacturers---General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Nissan and Mazda---from the early 1950's through 1987. Techniques of productivity measurement, conventionally applied at the level of industries or national economies, are adapted for the analysis of individual firms. Several potential determinants of growth in productivity are evaluated, including economies of scale, adoption of "just-in-time" manufacturing,...

PENGARUH RELATIONSHIP MARKETING STRATEGY DAN KUALITAS PELAYANAN TERHADAP KEPUASAN PELANGGAN BENGKEL MOBIL TOYOTA

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Marietje Carolien Nanulaitta

2008-10-01

Full Text Available The background of this research was customer relationship marketing and service quality of Firms have accepted that customer retention is even more profitable than customer attraction and we can observe the interest of firms in adopting relationship marketing principles and designing strategies to develop close and long-lasting relationships with the most profitable customers. The objective of the analysis of marketing activities and programs implemented in order to establish, develop, and maintain relationships with customers and the impact these activities have on the firm performance. The design of this research applies to Toyota Car Repair and the questionnaires were spreaded away to 110 respondents. The Likert-scale for the 5 point measurement which means strongly agree and 1 point is for strongly disagree. Data analysis used in this research was multiple regression. The result of this research concludes that relationship marketing strategy and service quality in car repair significantly affect to customer satisfaction. Keywords: Relationship marketing strategy, Service quality, Customer satisfaction

The impact of the new 36 V lead-acid battery systems on lead consumption

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Prengaman, R. David

The production of vehicles utilizing 36 V battery systems has begun with the introduction of the Toyota Crown. Other vehicles with 36 V batteries are in the near horizon. These vehicles may contain single or dual battery systems. These vehicles will most likely contain valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA) batteries. The battery systems developed to date utilize significantly more lead than conventional 12 V batteries. This paper will evaluate the different proposed 36 V battery systems and estimate the lead requirements for each of the competing systems. It will also project the penetration of and resultant increased lead usage of these new batteries into the future.

77 FR 47882 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Cooperative...

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2012-08-10

...; Navistar, Inc., Melrose Park, IL; Tata Motors, Ltd., Mumbai, INDIA; Toyota Motor Corp., Shizuoka, JAPAN..., Inc., Torrance, CA; Isuzu Motors Limited, Fujisawa, JAPAN; Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Bloomfield, CT...

The Applications of Toyota Production System to Reduce Wastes in Agricultural Products Packing Process: A Study of Onion Packing Plant

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Paisarn Larpsomboonchai

2015-01-01

Agro-industry is one of major industries that have strong impacts on national economic incomes, growth, stability, and sustainable development. Moreover, this industry also has strong influences on social, cultural and political issues. Furthermore, this industry, as producing primary and secondary products, is facing challenges from such diverse factors such as demand inconsistency, intense international competition, technological advancements and new competitors. In ord...

Energy Dependence: The $1.4 Trillion Addiction Threatening National Security

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2010-02-01

shared by executives from major automobile manufacturers to include General Motors, Honda, Nissan and Toyota .52 Toyota , for example, is currently leasing...going away. The vehicles and fuels people use to travel and move goods will have to change in order to solve the problem. 9 Figure 1: Toyota Motor...the viability of new automobile products. Toyota Motor Company and the DOE National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), for example, used California to

Implementing lean in surgery – lessons and implications

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Edwards, Kasper; Nielsen, Anders Paarup; Jacobsen, Peter

2012-01-01

The principles of lean production originating from the Toyota production system has spread from manufacturing to healthcare. Needless to say, this raises concern whether such principles are actually applicable where the product are humans in need of medical care and what are the consequences...

欧洲新车零部件配套目录续（十）：新款Toyota Yaris

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2005-01-01

第二代Toyota Yaris的角模块由Auto Chassis International（ACI）公司提供，这是雪诺旗下有6年历史的全资子公司。这也是丰田首次在欧洲外购底盘系统模块。丰田汽车负责欧洲工程和生产的执行副总裁Kazuhiko Miyadera说．在过去3年里，丰田致力于增加其在欧洲的采购置。

Density functional studies of endosulphan and its interaction with ...

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been used for many years in agricultural production in. India and ... system.11 Endosulphan primarily targets the GABA-. #Dedicated to ... in the vertebrate central nervous system. ..... M, Toyota K, Fukuda R, Hasegawa J, Ishida M, Naka- jima T ...

An evaluation of realization of the production process in the cement mill

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Marek Krynke

2013-04-01

Full Text Available In this chapter there were presented the characteristics of the research object (cement mill and the description of the enterprise products. There was introduced an analysis of the results obtained on the basis of the BOST questionnaire survey and there was made a statistical analysis concerning principle 4 of the Toyota. The structure of evaluation was determined and importance series were built.

77 FR 22637 - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Accelerator Control Systems

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2012-04-16

... revise the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard for accelerator control systems (ACS) in two ways. First... Standard (FMVSS) No. 124, Accelerator Control Systems,\\2\\ in two ways. First, we are proposing to update... February 2011 final report ``Technical Assessment of Toyota Electronic Throttle Control Systems,'' the...

Time and Motion Regained.

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Adler, Paul S.

1993-01-01

A General Motors-Toyota auto assembly plant demonstrates how hierarchy and standardization can improve productivity and motivate workers. The production system is strongly committed to the social context of work and focused on standards designed by workers themselves, giving continuous improvement a specific foundation. (SK)

Odel of Dynamic Integration of Lean Shop Floor Management Within the Organizational Management System

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Iuga, Virginia; Kifor, Claudiu

2014-12-01

The key to achieve a sustainable development lies in the customer satisfaction through improved quality, reduced cost, reduced delivery lead times and proper communication. The objective of the lean manufacturing system (LMS) is to identify and eliminate the processes and resources which do not add value to a product. The following paper aims to present a proposal of further development of integrated management systems in organizations through the implementation of lean shop floor management. In the first part of the paper, a dynamic model of the implementation steps will be presented. Furthermore, the paper underlines the importance of implementing a lean culture parallel with each step of integrating the lean methods and tools. The paper also describes the Toyota philosophy, tools, and the supporting lean culture necessary to implementing an efficient lean system in productive organizations

Poka Yoke system based on image analysis and object recognition

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Belu, N.; Ionescu, L. M.; Misztal, A.; Mazăre, A.

2015-11-01

Poka Yoke is a method of quality management which is related to prevent faults from arising during production processes. It deals with “fail-sating” or “mistake-proofing”. The Poka-yoke concept was generated and developed by Shigeo Shingo for the Toyota Production System. Poka Yoke is used in many fields, especially in monitoring production processes. In many cases, identifying faults in a production process involves a higher cost than necessary cost of disposal. Usually, poke yoke solutions are based on multiple sensors that identify some nonconformities. This means the presence of different equipment (mechanical, electronic) on production line. As a consequence, coupled with the fact that the method itself is an invasive, affecting the production process, would increase its price diagnostics. The bulky machines are the means by which a Poka Yoke system can be implemented become more sophisticated. In this paper we propose a solution for the Poka Yoke system based on image analysis and identification of faults. The solution consists of a module for image acquisition, mid-level processing and an object recognition module using associative memory (Hopfield network type). All are integrated into an embedded system with AD (Analog to Digital) converter and Zync 7000 (22 nm technology).

Assessment of Lean Construction Principles: A Case Study at Semarang Medical Centre Hospital Project

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Matias Roy Adi Wijaya

2016-06-01

Full Text Available The lean construction frameworks have been developed for years to enhance the poor performance of Indonesian project delivery system which influenced by the waste of non-value adding activities. Never the less most of the developments were limited on working process and lack in people empowerment. Toyota Way which integrate working process optimization and people empowerment, was developed as a lean construction frame works. This paper aimed to assess the implementation of Toyota Way principles in project delivery system by observing project’s delivery current state (status quo. The assessment began by conducting a questionnaire survey about Toyota Way implementation which then validated by interview with involved stakeholders and field observation. The assessment showed that project’s stakeholders were still unfamiliar with Toyota Way concept. Although some Toyota Way guidelines have been used in projects completion process such as visual management and training program, it found that those guidelines had not fully implemented. The project delivery system was lack of process focus and concerns more on relationship inter-parties. It also found thatToyota Way implementation will constrained by the difficulties to change the status quo of project delivery. Moreover, it seems that construction projects need practical guidelines to simplify the Toyota Way implementation in project delivery system such as project flow evaluation and system of reflection.

Identify Improvement Areas in Supply Chain Coordination : An exploratory methodology development

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Deng, Yan

2012-01-01

Lean production and Lean philosophy have been developed, studied and implemented over the world since it was know from Toyota Production System. International manufacturers/OEMs have more or less developed their own Lean production systems. Over the years, arising challenges from new technology and internationalization have force the OEMs to understand and evaluate the design of supply chain to support their lean production system, and to manage the SC and compete as a whole against other sup...

(ajst) bioactivities of candlewood, zanthoxylum

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F1 progeny production and egg development within grains. All solvent extracts ... This system of re-culturing was repeated every .... This work was partly supported by funds from Toyota. Foundation (grant ... Training series No. 10: (122). Rome ...

Can lean save lives?

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Fillingham, David

2007-01-01

The purpose of this paper is to show how over the last 18 months Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust have been exploring whether or not lean methodologies, often known as the Toyota Production System, can indeed be applied to healthcare. This paper is a viewpoint. One's early experience is that lean really can save lives. The Toyota Production System is an amazingly successful way of manufacturing cars. It cannot be simply translated unthinkingly into a hospital but lessons can be learned from it and the method can be adapted and developed so that it becomes owned by healthcare staff and focused towards the goal of improved patient care. Working in healthcare is a stressful and difficult thing. Everyone needs a touch of inspiration and encouragement. Applying lean to healthcare in Bolton seems to be achieving just that for those who work there.

Implementing lean in a surgical ward

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Edwards, Kasper; Nielsen, Anders Paarup; Jacobsen, Peter

be planned (in detail) in advance. The remaining operating rooms are allocated to this flow and there have been no significant changes to the organization of work in these theaters. Lean management is derived from the Toyota production system and is a comprehensive system of tools and techniques...

Performance and energy management of a novel full hybrid electric powertrain system

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Chung, Cheng-Ta; Hung, Yi-Hsuan

2015-01-01

This study compared the performance and energy management between a novel full hybrid electric powertrain and a traditional power-split hybrid system. The developed planetary gearset and dual clutch configuration provides five operation modes. Equations for the torque and speed of power sources for the planetary gearset and dual clutch system and the Toyota Hybrid System are firstly derived. By giving vehicle performance of gradability, maximal speeds in hybrid and pure electric modes, the power sources of the 210 kg target vehicle are: a 125 cc engine and two 1.8 kW motor and generator. The optimal tank-to-wheel efficiencies, ratios of circulating power, and operation points at specific vehicle speeds and out loads are calculated. Simulation results show that the dual-motor electric vehicle mode offers superior performance regarding electric drive; the low capacity of the battery is conducive to reducing manufacturing and maintenance costs; the tank-to-wheel efficiency is mainly operated above 20% while the power split electronic-continuously-variable-transmission mode is the major operation mode, and a maximum of 17% fuel economy improvement is achieved compared with the Toyota Hybrid System in most of the vehicle speed ranges. The outstanding performance warrants further real-system development, especially regarding the implementation in plug-in and sport hybrid powertrain designs. - Highlights: • An innovative power split hybrid powertrain was designed. • Dual-motor electric-vehicle mode highlighted for plug-in function. • Power circulation ratios and five driving modes were analyzed. • Global search method utilized for optimal energy management. • Maximal 17+% fuel improvement compared to Toyota Hybrid System

The impact of lean manufacturing as a factor for improving productive performance

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Leoni Pentiado Godoy

2018-06-01

Full Text Available The main objective of this article is to present the impact that the Lean manufacturing tool can have in a company that does not have management methodology for the Toyota Production System. This work was carried out in an industry that outsources services for the export of the medium-sized leather footwear producers sector located in the industrial pole of RS, Brazil. In the data collection, questions were raised with the managers and collaborators, as well as the researcher’s empirical view on the decisions that were being taken in the productive processes for a period of four months. These data were analyzed using Excel spreadsheets. In the results , the importance of the application of the Lean Manufacturing tools was highlighted , and some suggestions were given to the managers, mainly in relation to the idle capacity of production in several sectors, representing how much more the company could be producing to reach its maximum capacity. The mapping applied identified the adaptation of new machines for better production results, as well as intensifying the mapping of the critical paths that aggregate and do not add value in the productive operating environment.

Product Service Systems

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Departing from Product Development models based on physical artefacts. Moving towards integrated Product Development and System Operations models suited Product/Service-systems......Departing from Product Development models based on physical artefacts. Moving towards integrated Product Development and System Operations models suited Product/Service-systems...

Fundamental understanding of the Di-Air system (an alternative NO

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Wang, Y.; Makkee, M.

2018-01-01

Toyota's Di-Air DeNO_x system is a promising DeNO_x system to meet NO_x emission requirement during the real driving, yet, a fundamental understanding largely lacks, e.g. the benefit of fast frequency fuel injection. Ceria is the main ingredient in Di-Air catalyst

The new 2.5L L4 gasoline engine for LEXUS IS300h. The renewed engine series for FR hybrid vehicles

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Ishiguro, Fumihisa; Mashiki, Zenichiro; Yamanari, Kenji [Toyota Motor Corporation, Aichi (Japan)

2013-08-01

To ensure future sustainable mobility, vehicles have to face crucial problems such as energy security, global warming and air quality. To address these problems, TOYOTA introduced in 1997 the TOYOTA Hybrid System (THS) and has continuously improved its technology, globally contributing to the environmental improvement by its expansion into many markets in the world. TOYOTA presented the renewed 4 Cylinder Engine Series for FF vehicles at this symposium last year. This year, Toyota presents the result of its continuous development for FR Hybrid Vehicles, especially for D and E segment vehicles. Toyota not only improved thermal efficiency and reduced CO{sub 2} but also achieved high power output. In 2012, TOYOTA launched 3.5L V6 engine for LEXUS-GS (2GR-FXE engine), as first engine of this new engine series. In 2013, TOYOTA will launch 2.5L-L4 engine for LEXUS-IS (2AR-FSE engine), as the leading engine of this series. Toyota developed these new engines, aiming at leadership with regard to fuel economy, clean exhaust gas and high reliability. Toyota carried out modifications, taking into account usage of Hybrid System. With targeting highest levels of environmental performance, Toyota improved the vehicle driving performances like acceleration response by the combination of enhanced engine power output and newly developed Hybrid System. One of the biggest feature of this series is new generation D-4S system, including two injectors (for Direct injection and Port injection) for each cylinder, high fuel pressure (greater than 18MPa) and high fuel flow rate. The new generation D-4S system helps achieving high performance and good thermal efficiency. Furthermore, Toyota added on Cooled EGR system to 2AR-FSE engine, contributing to lower the fuel consumption, especially in highway driving. The very low friction technology and the well proven Atkinson Cycle are also key features of this engine series. Thanks to the above features, the new engine series achieves high

Improving vehicle dynamics and fuel economy with an E-four hybrid powertrain

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Serrarens, A.F.A.; Noben, P.F.M.; Nievelstein, M.M.J.; Besselink, I.J.M.; Pauwelussen, J.P.

2004-01-01

Toyota Motor Corporation developed the Toyota Hybrid System with CVT (THS-C) for the Toyota Estimaminivan. The THS-C is based on Toyota’s Super CVT (K110), where the conventional torque converter is replaced by a torsional damper and a newly developed motor/generator. For smooth switching between

Yalın hizmet - değer akış haritalama ve bir acil serviste uygulama

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EFE, Ömer Faruk; ENGİN, Orhan

2012-01-01

Lean production is a continuous improvement philosophy that was first applied to Toyota Motor Company under the leadership of Taiichi Ohno, after the World War II. It was a system focusing on eliminating overall loss in the production process. Lean practices have been used extensively in manufacturing systems. Today, service systems have started to improve fast by the effects of computer technology and information age. Research done in recent years have shown that lean production techniques c...

An Application of Value Stream Mapping in Production Flow Analysis: A lean approach in An Automotive Industry

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Krushnaraj Bodana

2016-08-01

Full Text Available Lean manufacturing deals with a manufacturing process improvement based on the fundamental goal of Toyota production system in order to minimize or eliminate waste while maximizing production flow. Today in a highly competitive local and global market, it is very much crucial to satisfy the changing demand of the customers. Thus, in today’s manufacturing industry there is an increased focus to produce the right product at right time. The prime objective of this paper to apply a significant lean manufacturing tool know as Value Stream Mapping (VSM. To fulfil this objective a fundamental principles of lean were implemented and VSM was generated to analyse the production flow at an automotive industry and improve the current operating condition to overcome the difficulties with current state of work through time study, Takt time calculation, modifying work cell layout. And based on the future state of VSM, final results showed that by implementing this lean techniques, Production Lead-time (PLT decreased from 7.6 days to 3.2 days, and the cycle time is decrease up to 73%.

Legacy Vehicle Fuel System Testing with Intermediate Ethanol Blends

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Davis, G. W.; Hoff, C. J.; Borton, Z.; Ratcliff, M. A.

2012-03-01

The effects of E10 and E17 on legacy fuel system components from three common mid-1990s vintage vehicle models (Ford, GM, and Toyota) were studied. The fuel systems comprised a fuel sending unit with pump, a fuel rail and integrated pressure regulator, and the fuel injectors. The fuel system components were characterized and then installed and tested in sample aging test rigs to simulate the exposure and operation of the fuel system components in an operating vehicle. The fuel injectors were cycled with varying pulse widths during pump operation. Operational performance, such as fuel flow and pressure, was monitored during the aging tests. Both of the Toyota fuel pumps demonstrated some degradation in performance during testing. Six injectors were tested in each aging rig. The Ford and GM injectors showed little change over the aging tests. Overall, based on the results of both the fuel pump testing and the fuel injector testing, no major failures were observed that could be attributed to E17 exposure. The unknown fuel component histories add a large uncertainty to the aging tests. Acquiring fuel system components from operational legacy vehicles would reduce the uncertainty.

OPTIMASI DAYA MESIN DAN KONSUMSI BAHAN BAKAR MESIN TOYOTA SERI 5K MELALUI PENGGUNAAN PENGAPIAN BOOSTER

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Mardani Ali Sera

2015-10-01

Full Text Available Proses pembakaran adalah proses secara fisik yang terjadi di dalam silinder. Proses pembakaran dimulai pada saat busi memercikkan bunga api hingga terjadi proses pembakaran. Dalam penelitian ini digunakan metode eksperimen yaitu membandingkan daya dan konsumsi bahan bakar antara pengapian standar dengan pengapian menggunakan booster. Berdasarkan data hasil uji coba perbandingan antara sistem pengapian standar dengan pengapian yang menggunakan booster dengan objek penelitian mesin Toyota seri 5K diketahui adanya kenaikan 2.61% daya menjadi 27.723 kW dari 27.17 kW antara sistem pengapian standar dengan pengapian yang menggunakan booster pada putaran mesin 2400 rpm. Sedangkan prosentase kenaikan rerata daya sebesar 2.79 %. Penggunaan booster juga membuat penggunaan konsumsi bahan bakar spesifik (sfc antara sistem pengapian standar dengan pengapian yang menggunakan booster. Prosentase penurunan rerata konsumsi bahan bakar spesifik (sfc sebesar 6.99%. Pada sistem pengapian yang menggunakan booster, sfc minimum sebesar 0.219 kg/kWh pada putaran mesin 2200 rpm. Pada pengapian standar sfc minimum sebesar 0.231 kg/kWh pada putaran mesin 2400 rpm.

Autonomous Intersection Management

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2009-12-01

detects that the driver is not slowing sufficiently fast. Jaguar, Honda, and BMW offer similar systems. Nissan and Toyota have recently begun offering...that the driver is not braking hard enough. Both Toyota and BMW are currently selling vehicles that can parallel park completely autonomously, even...other vehicles. The system was tested both in simulation and with a robotic vehicle. This work is sponsored by Toyota , who have also currently have an

Just in TIME (Jit): Sebuah Panduan Menuju Keunggulan Kompetitif

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Johan S, Andi

2008-01-01

The most people think that JIT developing by Toyota Motor about 1970. This system integration product and assembly industry in Detroit by Henry Ford. Ford say that “Waste is the stock of materials in goods in excess of requirement that turns up in high prices and low wages” (Jhonson and Wood, 1996). In 1980, industries in USA and Eropa begin to use JIT and adoption from Jepang. One people say that “zero inventory system, lean production system, synchronous manufacturing, stockless production...

76 FR 51120 - Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition

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2011-08-17

... investigation into the ``air bag systems failure'' that they experienced in their model year (MY) 2008 Toyota... investigation of MY 2008 Toyota Corolla vehicles is unlikely to result in a determination that a safety-related... allege that the frontal air bags in their Toyota Corolla failed to deploy during a crash into a deer...

PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUES AS A PART OF IMPLEMENTATION OF SIX SIGMA METHODOLOGY IN TIRE PRODUCTION. CASE STUDY

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Maciej WOJTASZAK

2015-07-01

Full Text Available Problem solving methods – are an indispensable part of the management and improvement of production. At the turn of decades, with the development of industry, specific techniques have been implemented and refined by the leaders in this field, such as Toyota, GE and Motorola. The foundation of problem solving is to find real root cause of the problem as soon as possible, its understanding and implementation of appropriate solutions that will ensure that the problem does not occur again. This paper provides an overview of methods and techniques to solve problems in the manufactur-ing plant Trelleborg Wheel Systems Sri Lanka, producing pneumatic tires for light agricultural machinery. These tech-niques are implemented as part of the Lean Six Sigma program.

International transfer of kaizen: an empirical study of Japanese manufacturers in the Netherlands

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Yokozawa, Kodo; Steenhuis, H.J.; de Bruijn, E.J.

2010-01-01

In the past few decades, a number of studies have been published that have identified specific Japanese approaches to management as being superior to other types of approaches (e.g. Toyota Production System). Recently, one of the specific issues that received attention is the concept of kaizen.

KEPERCAYAAN SEBAGAI MEDIASI HUBUNGAN CORPORATE IMAGE TERHADAP LOYALITAS PELANGGAN MOBIL LOW MPV

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Iva Nurdiana Nurfarida

2017-01-01

Full Text Available The program's cost environmentally friendly cars or Low MPV (LCGC issued by the Indonesian government to bring the impact of the availability of consumer choices Indonesia to buy a car at a bargain price. The challenge is whether consumers have confidence that the car MPV although low cost but still quality. Nearly all car manufacturers to get the car with this type so that competition in the automotive business has become very competitive. This study aims to determine causality corporate image to build customer trust and customer loyalty Low MPV car. The study was conducted on customers of Toyota cars, with the number of respondents 150, using accidental sampling and technique using path analysis. The results that the corporate image has a direct influence on the increase in customer loyalty, as well as striving indirectly through increased customer confidence LCGC Toyota. Manufacturer Toyota has the advantage of the corporate image of the customer against Toyota is high, so the products LCGC Toyota produced can be accepted by consumers for consumers / customers have a loyalty to Toyota, meaning that the high corporate image car customers LCGC Toyota lead to customer loyalty. Another result of this study that the corporate image is also able to increase customer confidence LCGC Toyota subsequent impact on improving customer loyalty, meaning that belief becomes a mediation of the causal relationship of corporate image on customer loyalty.

The new Toyota variable valve timing and lift system

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Shimizu, K.; Fuwa, N.; Yoshihara, Y. [Toyota Motor Corporation (Japan); Hori, K. [Toyota Boshoku Corporation (Japan)

2007-07-01

A continuously variable valve timing (duration and phase) and lift system was developed. This system was applied to the valvetrain of a new 2.0L L4 engine (3ZRFAE) for the Japanese market. The system has rocker arms, which allow continuously variable timing and lift, situated between a conventional roller-rocker arm and the camshaft, an electromotor actuator to drive it and a phase mechanism for intake and exhaust camshafts (Dual VVT-i). The rocking center of the rocker arm is stationary, and the axial linear motion of a helical spline changes the initial phase of the rocker arm which varies the timing and lift. The linear motion mechanism uses an original planetary roller screw and is driven by a brushless motor with a built-in electric control unit. Since the rocking center and the linear motion helical spline center coincide, a compact cylinder head design was possible, and the cylinder head is a common design with a conventional engine. Since the ECU controls intake valve duration and timing, a fuel economy gain of maximum 10% (depending on driving condition) is obtained by reducing light to medium load pumping losses. Also intake efficiency was maximized throughout the speed range, resulting in a power gain of 10%. Further, HC emissions were reduced due to increased air speed at low valve lift. (orig.)

Towards Interactive Timing Analysis for Designing Reactive Systems

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2014-04-03

ActionWebs), the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL #N0013-12-1-G015), and the following companies: Bosch, National Instruments, and Toyota ). Towards...1-G015), and the following companies: Bosch, National Instruments, and Toyota ). 1 high-level modeling tools, where real-time is not part of the model...the maximal time between reading sensor values (such as bumper) and writing actuators (such as motor ), corresponds to main’s deep WCET. For reactive

Healthcare Lean.

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Long, John C

2003-01-01

Lean Thinking is an integrated approach to designing, doing and improving the work of people that have come together to produce and deliver goods, services and information. Healthcare Lean is based on the Toyota production system and applies concepts and techniques of Lean Thinking to hospitals and physician practices.

Lean healthcare.

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Weinstock, Donna

2008-01-01

As healthcare organizations look for new and improved ways to reduce costs and still offer quality healthcare, many are turning to the Toyota Production System of doing business. Rather than focusing on cutting personnel and assets, "lean healthcare" looks to improve patient satisfaction through improved actions and processes.

La evolucion de la industria del sector automotriz en Japon, crecimiento de las empresas automotrices japonesas y su impacto en la economía de Japon

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Monica Blanco

2010-01-01

Full Text Available The main question of this research was to know if the growing of the Japanese automotive Industry Sector has an impact on the Japanese economy or is the export dynamics evolution of automotive company that has enabled significant growth. We analyze the evolution of the Japanese automotive industry starting with a review of the global automotive industry and ending with the analysis of case study as the Japanese company, Toyota. It’s important to know that since 1952, the Japanese government started a policy to encourage the automotive industry through the provision of cheap credit, tax and labor market protection, and emerging companies like Toyota, Nissan, Mazda and Honda. These facts eventually became highly competitive the Japanese companies that created and flexible production systems, which are more efficient and reduce production costs, help increase sales and foreign trade.

浅析丰田装载标准作业在我国整车物流的应用%Toyota is Analysed Load Standard Work in the Application of Vehicle Logistics in our Country

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2014-01-01

Handling operation is an important part of automobile logistics,and on the transport vehicle logistics business has an important influence.Loading and unloading of the establishment of the standard operating procedure,which can improve the efficiency of the loading operation,improve the quality of the goods truck safety,to provide greater security for the automobile logistics enterprise.Japan's Toyota motor logistics started earlier,they advanced its car carrier loading technology,worthy of reference and learning.This article obtains from the analysis of Toyota system standard operation,put forward improvement ideas about the present situation of domestic car transport vehicle load,by improving the training system,strengthen the training of workers,improve the efficiency of its transport vehicle loading and unloading operation and the quality of the goods vehicle safety.%装卸作业是汽车物流的重要组成部分，在整车物流运输业务方面具有重要的影响。装卸标准作业流程的建立，能提高装载作业的效率，提高对商品车品质安全，为汽车物流企业提供更大的安全保障。日本的丰田汽车物流起步较早，他们先进的轿运车装载技术，值得借鉴和学习。文中从分析丰田体系标准作业入手，对国内轿运车装载现状提出改善构想，通过完善培训体系，加强对作业人员的培训，实现提高轿运车装卸作业效率与商品车的品质安全。

Banana production systems: identification of alternative systems for more sustainable production.

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Bellamy, Angelina Sanderson

2013-04-01

Large-scale, monoculture production systems dependent on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, increase yields, but are costly and have deleterious impacts on human health and the environment. This research investigates variations in banana production practices in Costa Rica, to identify alternative systems that combine high productivity and profitability, with reduced reliance on agrochemicals. Farm workers were observed during daily production activities; 39 banana producers and 8 extension workers/researchers were interviewed; and a review of field experiments conducted by the National Banana Corporation between 1997 and 2002 was made. Correspondence analysis showed that there is no structured variation in large-scale banana producers' practices, but two other banana production systems were identified: a small-scale organic system and a small-scale conventional coffee-banana intercropped system. Field-scale research may reveal ways that these practices can be scaled up to achieve a productive and profitable system producing high-quality export bananas with fewer or no pesticides.

The new L4 gasoline engines with VALVEMATIC system

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Harada, Jun; Yamada, Tetsu; Watanabe, Kenji [Toyota Motor Corporation, Aichi (Japan)

2008-07-01

Reduction of CO{sub 2} emissions is one of the major responsibilities of car manufacturers. It is an especially urgent task to develop new technologies with a simple, compact and widely applicable mechanism which can be used for middle class engines of mass volume production category. Toyota has developed a continuously variable valve timing and lift control system called 'VALVEMATIC'. By implementing this system fuel consumption can be improved by using smaller valve lift during low and middle engine loads (reduction of pumping loss by closing the intake valve earlier). The system consists of a special rocker arm which realizes continuously variable valve timing and lift. It is located between a conventional roller-rocker arm and the camshaft. An electrically actuated motor is used to control the lift and valve opening duration, while a hydraulically controlled variable valve timing mechanism (VVT-i) is also applied on both intake and exhaust cam shafts. The newly developed actuator contains Toyota's original planetary roller screw unit translating rotary movement of the motor into linear actuation. Thanks to the alignment of rocking center and actuator drive direction, a compact design has been achieved. In 2007, VALVEMATIC has been introduced into the Japanese market on a 2.0L engine (3ZR-FAE), which has the largest displacement of the ZR series. The engine employs a cam housing structure with valve train system separated from the cylinder head. The structure realized a high ratio of part commonization with the conventional engine, and an easy mounting of the VALVEMATIC-system by changing only the cam housing assembly. The engine achieved 5-10% fuel consumption improvement and good drivability by using a newly developed cooperative control of VALVEMATIC, VVT-i and the throttle valve. Maximum power also improved by approximately 11kW thanks to the maximized volumetric efficiency using VALVEMATIC. Furthermore, exhaust emissions were improved due to

Lean Six Sigma Implementation for Military Logistics to Improve Readiness

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2007-04-30

time is reduced, and cost is reduced. Lean "tools" include continuous process improvement (kaizen), "pull" production process (by means of kanban ) and...to $345 in 1916!) – was perfected by Toyota post WWII (multiple models/options, just-in-time system including rapid setups, Kanban pull, mistake

Lean approaches in a knowledge worker environment

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Christelis, L

2012-08-01

Full Text Available Most of us are familiar with the concept of Lean (a way to do more and more with less and less). The principles have been applied by the Japanese as part of the Toyota Production System from as early as the 1950's. Subsequently many have applied...

Production of Modularised Product Systems

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Jacobsen, Peter

2004-01-01

but a solution. Modularisation is one tool used in designing the products. Designing and controlling a production system making customized products in an economical way is not an easy task. In order to fulfil the Lean and Agile manufacturing philosophies the production is often carried out in networks. Here...

Lean - set i et historisk perspektiv

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Michelsen, Aage U

2006-01-01

I kapitlet redegøres for, hvordan begrebet Lean opstod som en karakteristik af Toyota Production System (TPS), der igen har sin rod i scientific management. Gennem eksempler illustreres det, at centrale Lean-principper således har været anvendt i årtier. Der argumenteres for, at Lean i mange...

Applying Lean/Toyota production system principles to improve phlebotomy patient satisfaction and workflow.

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Melanson, Stacy E F; Goonan, Ellen M; Lobo, Margaret M; Baum, Jonathan M; Paredes, José D; Santos, Katherine S; Gustafson, Michael L; Tanasijevic, Milenko J

2009-12-01

Our goals were to improve the overall patient experience and optimize the blood collection process in outpatient phlebotomy using Lean principles. Elimination of non-value-added steps and modifications to operational processes resulted in increased capacity to handle workload during peak times without adding staff. The result was a reduction of average patient wait time from 21 to 5 minutes, with the goal of drawing blood samples within 10 minutes of arrival at the phlebotomy station met for 90% of patients. In addition, patient satisfaction increased noticeably as assessed by a 5-question survey. The results have been sustained for 10 months with staff continuing to make process improvements.

EL KAIZEN COMO UN SISTEMA ACTUAL DE GESTIÓN PERSONAL PARA EL ÉXITO ORGANIZACIONAL EN LA EMPRESA ENSAMBLADORA TOYOTA

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Edgar Chirinos

2010-07-01

Full Text Available La investigación propone estrategias kaizen para la mejora de estándares tecnológicos, gerenciales y operacionales en la empresa Toyota ubicada en Cumaná, estado Sucre. Es una investigación no experimental, de campo de carácter descriptivo. El análisis se enmarcó dentro de la estadística descriptiva, así como las proyecciones de la población en estudio, los encuestados revelaron tendencias y comportamiento de las opiniones emitidas en relación a las metodologías para diagnosticar las necesidades de aplicaciones de los ciclos PDCA/SDCA, como vehículo político para el mantenimiento y mejoramiento de los estándares empleados. Se concluye que es imprescindible efectuar una revisión de los indicadores que se encuentran en el nivel Requieren Atención, hasta que se logre indicadores definitivamente en otra escala positiva.

Agile Software Teams: How They Engage with Systems Engineering on DoD Acquisition Programs

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2014-07-01

with the squadron director, which promoted some trust. We call this example “covert” mode because the Agile advocate doesn’t advertise to the SPO that... Toyota manufacturing system that emphasizes pulling tasks from a backlog rather than pushing tasks out to the team via plans and schedules. Some Agile

Using Simulation to Explore Lean Manufacturing Implementation Strategies

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Shannon, Patrick W.; Krumwiede, Kip R.; Street, Jeffrey N.

2010-01-01

Lean manufacturing, an outgrowth of the Toyota Production System, has spread far beyond the automobile industry and is seen by many leaders as a key management philosophy in the battle to compete on an international scale. Successful implementation of lean requires that managers and employees be educated in the proper application of lean tools and…

The Validity Of "TDS-DTM": A Strategic Methodology Of Merchandise Development Of New JIT-Key To The Excellence Design LEXUS

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Kakuro Amasaka

2011-01-01

Recently, the author has touched on the development of the principle of New JIT and its validity. In this paper, the author presents TDS-DTM (Toyota Development System-Design Technical Methods) as a methodology of New JIT, which contributes to strategic product development. The excellence profile design of LEXUS has achieved by TDS-DTM.

Analysis The Leanness of The Supply Chain By Fuzzy QFD

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Mukesh Singh Baghel; Pavan Agrawal

2014-01-01

The new systems of doing business in manufacturing have evolved in recent decades Lean production. Lean production can be traced to the 1960s in Japan, when Toyota Motors started innovating changes in mass production to deal with its domestic automotive market. The term “Lean production” was coined around 1989 with the popularity of the book, the machine that can change the world written by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The term itself was coined ...

International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare

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2010-02-01

into healthcare. Lean principles originate from Japanese manufacturing, particularly the Toyota production system. “Lean thinking”, essentially...for Simulation in Healthcare Page 50 Appendix 6: Video Presentations Simulation Cinema The video sessions provide an opportunity for the...Lean methodology is a series of principles derived from Japanese manufacturing aimed at creating value for customers through elimination of wasteful

75 FR 7039 - Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

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2010-02-16

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Productivity raising approaches in the logistic production system

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Miroslav Rakyta

2001-01-01

Full Text Available This paper deals with the productivity of the logistic production system. The aim is to define the intermediate state of the production machines and equipment (OOE, identification of the material flows, idle time and breakdown forecasting, with the following purchase of the required spare parts. The goal of the system is the satisfaction of the customer´s needs and the minimalisation of not fulfilling the required terms for delivery with simultaneous increasing of the logistic production system productivity.

Oil production system

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Ballantyne, J F

1983-12-21

A new oil producing system is proposed which consists of a group of underwater wells, an underwater riser and a floating storage facility for the production of the wells. The group of wells and the riser are interconnected through a manifold system in such a way that the production from any well or from the entire group of wells go to the base (foundation) of the riser. From above the riser is connected with the floating storage facility which is equipped, besides tanks for storing the well products, with a separation device for separating the oil and the accompanying gas. The gas is used as a fuel for producing electric power required by the dynamic positioning systems. The products from each well are tested by means of a regulable coupling controlled by means of a cable, which is passed from the surface through the riser. The wellhead equipment for the unslanted wells is mounted on a template previously installed on the sea floor. From the template the well products enter the riser through the manifold unit system.

Lean management systems: creating a culture of continuous quality improvement.

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Clark, David M; Silvester, Kate; Knowles, Simon

2013-08-01

This is the first in a series of articles describing the application of Lean management systems to Laboratory Medicine. Lean is the term used to describe a principle-based continuous quality improvement (CQI) management system based on the Toyota production system (TPS) that has been evolving for over 70 years. Its origins go back much further and are heavily influenced by the work of W Edwards Deming and the scientific method that forms the basis of most quality management systems. Lean has two fundamental elements--a systematic approach to process improvement by removing waste in order to maximise value for the end-user of the service and a commitment to respect, challenge and develop the people who work within the service to create a culture of continuous improvement. Lean principles have been applied to a growing number of Healthcare systems throughout the world to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of services for patients and a number of laboratories from all the pathology disciplines have used Lean to shorten turnaround times, improve quality (reduce errors) and improve productivity. Increasingly, models used to plan and implement large scale change in healthcare systems, including the National Health Service (NHS) change model, have evidence-based improvement methodologies (such as Lean CQI) as a core component. Consequently, a working knowledge of improvement methodology will be a core skill for Pathologists involved in leadership and management.

Systems for 42 V mass-market automobiles

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Keim, Thomas A.

With the introduction of the Toyota Crown Royal Saloon in August, 2001, 42 V automotive electrical systems made the transition from a technology for the future to present-day production. Nevertheless, there is widespread malaise in the 42 V technical community, stemming from a slower than expected introduction to the marketplace. This paper discusses some of the reasons for the slow adoption of this technology, and indicates a possible way forward. This paper looks beyond the initial uses of 42 V in limited-volume, high-end cars and light trucks, and discusses the prospects for 42 V in mass-market vehicles, given what is presently known about the technology. It is concluded that a case can be made for 42 V, even at some increment in cost. The motivation is improved fuel economy. The cost targets necessary for this benefit to be achieved are discussed, and new components being widely discussed as part of future electrical systems are evaluated for mass-market applications. New developments with higher potential are suggested.

Evaluation of the 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid Synergy Drive System

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Burress, T A; Coomer, C L; Campbell, S L; Seiber, L E; Marlino, L D; Staunton, R H; Cunningham, J P

2008-04-15

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and American automotive manufacturers General Motors, Ford, and DaimlerChrysler began a five-year, cost-shared partnership in 1993. Currently, hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) research and development is conducted by DOE through its FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies (FCVT) program. The mission of the FCVT program is to develop more energy efficient and environmentally friendly highway transportation technologies. Program activities include research, development, demonstration, testing, technology validation, and technology transfer. These activities are aimed at developing technologies that can be domestically produced in a clean and cost-competitive manner. Under the FCVT program, support is provided through a three-phase approach [1] which is intended to: • Identify overall propulsion and vehicle-related needs by analyzing programmatic goals and reviewing industry’s recommendations and requirements, then develop the appropriate technical targets for systems, subsystems, and component research and development activities; • Develop and validate individual subsystems and components, including electric motors, emission control devices, battery systems, power electronics, accessories, and devices to reduce parasitic losses; and • Determine how well the components and subassemblies work together in a vehicle environment or as a complete propulsion system and whether the efficiency and performance targets at the vehicle level have been achieved. The research performed in this area will help remove technical and cost barriers to enable technology for use in such advanced vehicles as hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric, electric, and fuel-cell-powered vehicles.

Drivers of Finished-Goods Inventory in the U.S. Automobile Industry

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Gérard P. Cachon; Marcelo Olivares

2010-01-01

Automobile manufacturers in the U.S. supply chain exhibit significant differences in their days of supply of finished vehicles (average inventory divided by average daily sales rate). For example, from 1995 to 2004, Toyota consistently carried approximately 30 fewer days of supply than General Motors. This suggests that Toyota's well-documented advantage in manufacturing efficiency, product design, and upstream supply chain management extends to their finished-goods inventory in their downstr...

STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY IN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

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Diego Pacheco

2014-05-01

Full Text Available The main objective of this article is to point a set of practical strategies that can be adopted to increase the capacity of constraints resources on production systems, when the constraint is inside the factory and not is in the market. To serve this purpose will be presented strategies based on best practices of the Theory of Constraints, Lean Manufacturing and Total Productive Maintenance. This article also presents the mains tools for the deployment of these methodologies. The survey results have provided an objective set of practical strategy that can be used to increase the capacity and productivity of production systems according to the needs of each manufacturing system.

Production monitoring system for understanding product robustness

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Boorla, Srinivasa Murthy; Howard, Thomas J.

2016-01-01

study is used to demonstrate how the monitoring system can be used to efficiently guide corrective action to improve product performance. It is claimed that the monitoring system can be used to dramatically cut the time taken to identify, planand execute corrective action related to typical quality......In the current quality paradigm, the performance of a product is kept within specification by ensuring that its parts are within specification. Product performance is then validated after final assembly. However, this does not control how robust the product performance is, i.e. how much...... it will vary between the specification limits. In this paper, a model for predicting product performance is proposed, taking into account design, assembly and process parameters live from production. This empowers production to maintain final product performance, instead of part quality. The PRECI‐IN case...

Optimizing value utilizing Toyota Kata methodology in a multidisciplinary clinic.

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Merguerian, Paul A; Grady, Richard; Waldhausen, John; Libby, Arlene; Murphy, Whitney; Melzer, Lilah; Avansino, Jeffrey

2015-08-01

Value in healthcare is measured in terms of patient outcomes achieved per dollar expended. Outcomes and cost must be measured at the patient level to optimize value. Multidisciplinary clinics have been shown to be effective in providing coordinated and comprehensive care with improved outcomes, yet tend to have higher cost than typical clinics. We sought to lower individual patient cost and optimize value in a pediatric multidisciplinary reconstructive pelvic medicine (RPM) clinic. The RPM clinic is a multidisciplinary clinic that takes care of patients with anomalies of the pelvic organs. The specialties involved include Urology, General Surgery, Gynecology, and Gastroenterology/Motility. From May 2012 to November 2014 we performed time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) analysis by measuring provider time for each step in the patient flow. Using observed time and the estimated hourly cost of each of the providers we calculated the final cost at the individual patient level, targeting clinic preparation. We utilized Toyota Kata methodology to enhance operational efficiency in an effort to optimize value. Variables measured included cost, time to perform a task, number of patients seen in clinic, percent value-added time (VAT) to patients (face to face time) and family experience scores (FES). At the beginning of the study period, clinic costs were $619 per patient. We reduced conference time from 6 min/patient to 1 min per patient, physician preparation time from 8 min to 6 min and increased Medical Assistant (MA) preparation time from 9.5 min to 20 min, achieving a cost reduction of 41% to $366 per patient. Continued improvements further reduced the MA preparation time to 14 min and the MD preparation time to 5 min with a further cost reduction to $194 (69%) (Figure). During this study period, we increased the number of appointments per clinic. We demonstrated sustained improvement in FES with regards to the families overall experience with their providers

Sustainable Industrial Product Systems. Integration of Life Cycle Assessment in Product development and Optimization of Product Systems

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Hanssen, Ole Joergen

1997-12-31

This thesis contributes to the development and testing of environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) in product development and management in industry. It is based on systems theory and systems engineering. It develops a method for sustainable product development that has been successfully tested in the Nordic project called NEP. The LCA method is also a basis for an optimization model, where life cycle economy and environmental impacts from product systems are optimized with a non-linear model. A more complete mathematical model for LCA, based on the functional requirements on a product system, is also developed. The statistical properties of emission factors are studied using a data set from the Swedish Kraft Mill industry. It is shown that emission factors may be assumed constants in the LCA model, but with rather large variations within a population of Kraft mills. It is shown that there are a few environmental impacts which are important for most types of products under Scandinavian conditions, especially global warming potential, acidification, human toxicity and fossil energy depletion. There are significant differences between the contribution to these impacts from different life cycle stages, where raw material processing and use of products are generally more important than the other stages. Test cases indicate that there are no large conflicts between improvements in environmental impacts and customer requirements. Environmental improvements seem to increase purchase cost of products in some cases, but the life cycle cost of the products seem in most cases to be reduced. It is concluded that there are opportunities for 30-50% improvements in product system, based on relatively simple modifications of the systems. 246 refs., 63 figs., 19 tabs.

The Electronic-controlled Engine＇s Fault Analog System Design Based on Toyota Lexus 1UZ-FE%基于丰田凌志1UZ-FE电控发动机故障模拟系统设计

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贺大松

2012-01-01

To improve the engine electronic control technology theory and maintenance technology teaching effect, the meaningful Toyota Lexus 1UZ-FE electric engine has been chosen for training in this paper.Combined with the engine control circuit common fault diagnosis and testing ideas,we designed the hardware and software system and the single-chip microcomputer and circuit system are simulated by the single-chip microcomputer simulation software Proteus.It is shown that the system can set practical fault effectively and improve stability through the hardware and software matching,which can provide good fault detection and diagnosis learning platform for maintenance personnel and higher vocational students.%为提高发动机电控技术理论与维修技术的教学效果,本文选用具有代表意义的丰田凌志1UZ-FE电控发动机进行实训系统设计,结合发动机控制电路常见故障的诊断和检测思路,完成了对系统硬件和软件的设计,并通过单片机模拟仿真软件Proteus进行了单片机和电路系统的仿真。仿真结果表明,通过硬件与软件匹配,可有效设置实际故障,并且实训系统工作稳定,可为汽车维修人员和高职学生提供良好的故障检测与诊断学习平台。

Implementace technik lean managementu ve vybrané společnosti

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Karlíková, Adéla

2017-01-01

The bachelor thesis deals with philosophy of lean management, its methods and tools used in implementation in a company. The theoretical part includes the history of lean management and personalities involved in the development of this technique. It also presents the Toyota Production System and other techniques adopted by companies to prevent waste and increase productivity. These are mainly kaizen and 5S. The knowledge of the techniques described in the theoretical part is used in the elabo...

Analysis of Supply Chain Risk Management Strategies: Case Study of Supply Chain Disruptions

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Marcelo Dias Carvalho; Leticia Ishikawa

2016-01-01

Supply Chain Risk Management refers to a set of strategies used by companies to avoid supply chain disruption caused by damage at production facilities, natural disasters, capacity issues, inventory problems, incorrect forecasts, and delays. Many companies use the techniques of the Toyota Production System, which in a way goes against a better management of supply chain risks. This paper studies key events in some multinationals to analyze the trade-off between the best supply chain risk mana...

Path dependence, initial conditions, and routines in organizations : The Toyota production system re-examined

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Dolfsma, W.A.; van Driel, H.

2009-01-01

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to disentangle and elaborate on the constitutive elements of the concept of path dependence (initial conditions and lock-in) for a concerted and in-depth application to the study of organizational change. Design/methodology/approach - The approach takes the

Fiber optic gyroscopes for vehicle navigation systems

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Kumagai, Tatsuya; Soekawa, Hirokazu; Yuhara, Toshiya; Kajioka, Hiroshi; Oho, Shigeru; Sonobe, Hisao

1994-03-01

Fiber optic gyroscopes (FOGs) have been developed for vehicle navigation systems and are used in Toyota Motor Corporation models Mark II, Chaser and Cresta in Japan. Use of FOGs in these systems requires high reliability under a wide range of conditions, especially in a temperature range between -40 and 85 degree(s)C. In addition, a high cost-performance ratio is needed. We have developed optical and electrical systems that are inexpensive and can perform well. They are ready to be mass-produced. FOGs have already been installed in luxury automobiles, and will soon be included in more basic vehicles. We have developed more inexpensive FOGs for this purpose.

Relationship Between Storm Hydrograph Components and Subsurface Flow Processes in a Hilly Headwater Basin, Toyota, Japan

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Tsujimura, M.; Asai, K.; Takei, R.

2001-05-01

Temporal and spatial distribution of tracer elements and subsurface flow processes were investigated to study relationship between storm hydrograph components and behavior of subsurface water in a headwater catchment of Toyota Hill, Aichi prefecture, central Japan. The catchment has an area of 0.857 ha with an altitude of 60 to 100 m, and is underlain by granite. The soil depth revealed by sounding test ranges from 0.5 to 4.0 m. Rain, stream, soil and ground waters were sampled once in a week, and the stream water was sampled at 5 to 60 minute intervals during rainstorms. The pressure head of subsurface water was monitored using tensiometers and piezometers nests, and the stream flow was monitored using V-notch weir. The stable isotopic ratios of deuterium and oxygen 18 and inorganic ion concentrations were determined on all water samples. The oxygen 18 isotopic ratio in stream water decreased with rainfall during the rainstorms. The ratio of event water component to the total runoff water at the peak discharge ranged from 16 to 92 %, and the event water ratio correlated with the peak discharge rate and rainfall intensity. The tesiometric data showed that the shallow subsurface water with low isotopic ratios at the lower slope discharged directly to the stream during the heavy rainstorms. The shallow subsurface flow at the lower slope and overland flow on the raiparian zone contributed much to the stream water chemistry during heavy rainstorms.

Energy production systems engineering

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Blair, Thomas Howard

2017-01-01

Energy Production Systems Engineering presents IEEE, Electrical Apparatus Service Association (EASA), and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards of engineering systems and equipment in utility electric generation stations. Electrical engineers that practice in the energy industry must understand the specific characteristics of electrical and mechanical equipment commonly applied to energy production and conversion processes, including the mechanical and chemical processes involved, in order to design, operate and maintain electrical systems that support and enable these processes. To aid this understanding, Energy Production Systems Engineeringdescribes the equipment and systems found in various types of utility electric generation stations. This information is accompanied by examples and practice problems. It also addresses common issues of electrical safety that arise in electric generation stations.

Pengaruh Citra Merek Dan Promosi Terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Kijang Innova Non Diesel (Studi Kasus Pada PT. Nasmoco Majapahit Semarang)

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Nugroho, Leonardus Ardian; Lubis, Nawazirul; Nurseto, Sendhang

2014-01-01

With the increase of the upper middle class community in Indonesia, then the ability of purchasing power is also higher. It makes the car companies active in presenting new brands for the wishes of consumers fullfiled. Companies like Toyota sure that the brand is their identity of their products to different from competitors. To make the Toyota brand become a favourite consumer, the company is certainly doing promotional activities. From the sales result PT. Nasmoco Majapahit Semarang during ...

Product Configuration Systems - Implications for Product Innovation and Development

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Edwards, Kasper; Pedersen, Jørgen Lindgaard

2004-01-01

configurations. However, costs are but one parameter on which firms compete and firms must continually innovate new and develop existing products. This paper presents original empirical insights on implementation and use of product configuration systems in a number of Danish industrial firms. The paper discusses...... the organisational changes associated with PCS and how this affects product innovation and development. The paper begins by introducing product configuration systems, which are then placed in context to the firm as a process technology which coordinate different processes: product development, order acquisition......Product Configuration Systems (PCS) is a step in the direction of mass customization in the sense that PCS allows a firm to significantly lower the unit cost of configuration. Thus PCS is a valuable technology for lowering operating costs while retaining a high number of possible product...

The productivity and work load in flexible production systems

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Rhijn, J.W. van; Looze, M.P. de; Schoenmaker, N.; Bosch, T.; Deursen, J. van

2006-01-01

A negative aspect of serial flow production systems is its lack of flexibility. Other production systems like the flexing flow and the shopping system are more flexible as the number of workers can be easily adjusted to temporal demands. But how efficient are these flexible systems? In a laboratory

Performance Improvement through Implementation of Lean Maintenance

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S. Kolanjiappan; Dr. K. Maran

2011-01-01

Lean Maintenance is a relatively new term, invented in the last decade of the twentieth century, but the principles are well established in Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). Lean Maintenance—taking its lead from Lean Manufacturing—applies some new techniques to TPM concepts to render a more structured implementation path. Tracing its roots back to Henry Ford with modern refinements born in Japanese manufacturing, specifically the Toyota Production System (TPS). Lean seeks to eliminate a...

Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative puts new spin on improving healthcare quality.

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2002-11-01

For nearly 4 years, the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative (PRHI) has been working to improve the way healthcare is delivered in southwestern Pennsylvania by combining the voices and resources of hospitals, providers, the business community, insurers, health plans, and federal agencies. As one example of borrowing from business, the PRHI has created a new learning and management system, called Perfecting Patient Care, which is based on the Toyota Production System model and is now being used successfully in hospitals.

Strategic alliances for the development of fuel cell vehicles

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Maruo, Kanehira [Goeteborg Univ. (Sweden). Section of Science and Technology Studies

1998-12-01

The aim of this paper is to explore and describe the current stage of fuel cell vehicle development in the world. One can write three possible future scenarios - an optimistic, a realistic, and a pessimistic scenario: - The optimistic scenario -- The Daimler/Ballard/Ford alliance continues to develop fuel cell stacks and fuel cell vehicle systems as eagerly as they have been doing in recent years. Daimler(/Chrysler)-Benz continues to present its Necar 4, Necar 5, and so on, as planned, and thus keeps Toyota and Honda under severe pressure. Toyota`s and Honda`s real motivation seems to be not to allow Daimler-Benz to be the first to market. Their investment in fuel cell technology will be very large. At the same time, governments and other stake-holders will quickly and in a timely fashion build up infrastructures. We will then see many fuel cell vehicles by 2004. A paradigm shift in automotive technology will have taken place. - The realistic scenario -- Fuel cell vehicles will reach the same level of development by 2004/2005 as pure electric vehicles were at in 1997/1998. This means that fuel cell vehicles will be produced at the rate of several hundred vehicles per year per manufacturer and cost about $40,000 or more, which is still considerably more expensive than ordinary gasoline cars. These fuel cell vehicles will have a performance similar to today`s advanced electric vehicles, e.g., Toyota`s RAV4/EV and Honda`s EV Plus. To go further from this stage to the mass-production stage strong government incentives will be needed. - The pessimistic scenario -- It turns out that fuel cells are not as pure or efficient as in theory and in laboratory experiments. Prices of gasoline and diesel gas continue to be very low. The Californian 10% ZEV Requirement that has been meant to be valid at least ten years from 2003 through 2012 will be suspended or greatly modified. Daimler-Benz, Toyota, and Honda slow down their fuel cell vehicle development activities. No one is

Development of Residential SOFC Cogeneration System

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Ono, Takashi; Miyachi, Itaru; Suzuki, Minoru; Higaki, Katsuki

2011-01-01

Since 2001 Kyocera has been developing 1kW class Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) for power generation system. We have developed a cell, stack, module and system. Since 2004, Kyocera and Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. have been developed SOFC residential co-generation system. From 2007, we took part in the 'Demonstrative Research on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells' Project conducted by New Energy Foundation (NEF). Total 57 units of 0.7kW class SOFC cogeneration systems had been installed at residential houses. In spite of residential small power demand, the actual electric efficiency was about 40%(netAC,LHV), and high CO2 reduction performance was achieved by these systems. Hereafter, new joint development, Osaka Gas, Toyota Motors, Kyocera and Aisin Seiki, aims early commercialization of residential SOFC CHP system.

Development of Residential SOFC Cogeneration System

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Ono, Takashi; Miyachi, Itaru; Suzuki, Minoru; Higaki, Katsuki

2011-06-01

Since 2001 Kyocera has been developing 1kW class Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) for power generation system. We have developed a cell, stack, module and system. Since 2004, Kyocera and Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. have been developed SOFC residential co-generation system. From 2007, we took part in the "Demonstrative Research on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells" Project conducted by New Energy Foundation (NEF). Total 57 units of 0.7kW class SOFC cogeneration systems had been installed at residential houses. In spite of residential small power demand, the actual electric efficiency was about 40%(netAC,LHV), and high CO2 reduction performance was achieved by these systems. Hereafter, new joint development, Osaka Gas, Toyota Motors, Kyocera and Aisin Seiki, aims early commercialization of residential SOFC CHP system.

ATLAS production system

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Borodin, Mikhail; The ATLAS collaboration; De, Kaushik; Klimentov, Alexei; Golubkov, Dmitry; Maeno, Tadashi; Mashinistov, Ruslan; Wenaus, Torre; Padolski, Siarhei

2016-01-01

The second generation of the ATLAS production system called ProdSys2 is a distributed workload manager which used by thousands of physicists to analyze the data remotely, with the volume of processed data is beyond the exabyte scale, across a more than hundred heterogeneous sites. It achieves high utilization by combining dynamic job definition based on many criterias, such as input and output size, memory requirements and CPU consumption with manageable scheduling policies and by supporting different kind of computational resources, such as GRID, clouds, supercomputers and volunteering computers. Besides jobs definition Production System also includes flexible web user interface, which implements user-friendly environment for main ATLAS workflows, e.g. simple way of combining different data flows, and real-time monitoring, optimised for using with huge amount of information to present. We present an overview of the ATLAS Production System major components: job and task definition, workflow manager web user i...

Sub-Saharan Africa Report.

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1987-01-16

expensive yen hits Nissan , Samcor’s MMI products and its 97 Japanese-sourced small Ford cars and bakkies, Honda and Toyota . The rand’s weakness...there." He slammed the Toyota pick-up through its gears, swore at a slow driver as he roared past, and grinned as the two army escorts were thrown...for sale, compared with $9 million in mid-year—and by reports that government has had insufficient funds available to cover past successful bids

Measuring and improving quality of care in an academic medical center.

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Blayney, Douglas W

2013-05-01

The Donabedian definition of quality—structure, process, and outcome—provides a useful framework. A relentless focus on measuring process adherence and outcome is critical. Systemic improvements usually require teams to plan and to implement them. The lean or Toyota production system for process improvement is one useful method of organizing work, although different approaches are often necessary at the physician, practice unit, and statewide level. Challenges include scalability of the change (ie, rolling them out across the institution or system), tailoring the information technology tools, and building systems for sustainability.

Dielectric Response at THz Frequencies of Fe Water Complexes and Their Interaction with O3 Calculated by Density Functional Theory

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2012-10-24

geometric arrangement of the atoms in a chemical system , at the maximal peak of the energy surface separating reactants from products . In the...Sonnenberg, M. Hada, M. Ehara, K. Toyota , R. Fukuda, J. Hasegawa, M. Ishida, T. Nakajima, Y. Honda , O. Kitao, H. Nakai, T. Vreven, J. A. Montgomery... using DFT. The calculation of ground state resonance structure is for the construction of parameterized dielectric response functions for excitation

Štíhlý podnik

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Kvasnicová, Pavla

2010-01-01

I will be interested about lean manufacture and it's principes in this paper. The lean production itself and systematical product and process inovations are powerful weapon on today's market. Main part of my paper is a detailed description of principes used by Toyota. This company was the first business in the world who came on the market with these deeper and more intense implementations. The goal is to intruduce the topic of their system and show that implementing these principes isn't so e...

Observed benefits from product configuration systems

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Hvam, Lars; Haug, Anders; Mortensen, Niels Henrik

2013-01-01

This article presents a study of the benefits obtained from applying product configuration systems based on a case study in four industry companies. The impacts are described according to main objectives in literature for imple-menting product configuration systems: lead time in the specification...... affected by the use of product configu-ration systems e.g. increased sales, decrease in the number of SKU's, improved ability to introduce new products, and cost reductions.......This article presents a study of the benefits obtained from applying product configuration systems based on a case study in four industry companies. The impacts are described according to main objectives in literature for imple-menting product configuration systems: lead time in the specification...... processes, on-time delivery of the specifica-tions, and resource consumption for making specifications, quality of specifications, optimization of products and services, and other observations. The purpose of the study is partly to identify specific impacts observed from implementing product configuration...

The system Around the Product

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Morelli, Nicola

      The design discipline has traditionally focused on products physical aspects, giving for granted that the context of services, infrastructures and technology will support the product life. A systemic perspective would revise such a focus, in order to project design competences over systemic...... aspects usually neglected by designers. This perspective shift is a challenge for designers, who have very efficient methods and tools to handle physical aspects of product design, but need to define an ?operative paradigm? to operate in a systemic context. An operative paradigm consists of a set of tools...... and methods to handle immaterial aspects such as time sequences, actors? role and logical links in a product service system (PSS). Tools and methods can be borrowed from other disciplinary contexts, their relevance, though, derives from their adaptation to this specific study area: designing in a systemic...

Modeling Novo Nordisk Production Systems

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Miller, Thomas Dedenroth

1997-01-01

This report describes attributes of models and systems, and how models can be used for description of production systems. There are special attention on the 'Theory of Domains'.......This report describes attributes of models and systems, and how models can be used for description of production systems. There are special attention on the 'Theory of Domains'....

Lean Transformation Guidance: Why Organizations Fail To Achieve and Sustain Excellence Through Lean Improvement

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Mohammed Hamed Ahmed

2013-06-01

Full Text Available Many companies are complaining that lean didn’t achieve their long-term goals, and the improvement impact was very short-lived. 7 out of each 10 lean projects fail as companies try to use lean like a toolkit, copying and pasting the techniques without trying to adapt the employee’s culture, manage the improvement process, sustain the results, and develop their leaders. When the Toyota production system was created, the main goal was to remove wastes from the shop floor using some lean techniques and tools. What was not clear is that this required from Toyota a long process of leadership development, and a high commitment to training and coaching their employee. A Failure to achieve and sustain the improvement is a problem of both management and leadership as well as the improper understanding of the human behavior, and the required culture to success.

Systems Engineering Capstone Marketplace

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2016-02-01

SOCOM provided an Armored Toyota Land Cruiser in order to integrate their design. “ “The experience of working on this project increased the... way students in a single institution may communicate amongst themselves to team form based on interest and capabilities. Spring Semester 2014

Automated plant, production management system

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Aksenova, V. I.; Belov, V. I.

1984-12-01

The development of a complex of tasks for the operational management of production (OUP) within the framework of an automated system for production management (ASUP) shows that it is impossible to have effective computations without reliable initial information. The influence of many factors involving the production and economic activity of the entire enterprise upon the plan and course of production are considered. It is suggested that an adequate model should be available which covers all levels of the hierarchical system: workplace, section (bridgade), shop, enterprise, and the model should be incorporated into the technological sequence of performance and there should be provisions for an adequate man machine system.

Product Configuration Systems and Productivity

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Pedersen, Jørgen Lindgaard; Edwards, Kasper

2004-01-01

Twelve companies have been interviewed with the purpose to get information about technical, economic and organisational matters in respect of Product Configuration Systems (PCS).Combinations of qualitative interviews and quantitative scoring have been used in ranking expected and realized results...

Driver trust in five driver assistance technologies following real-world use in four production vehicles.

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Kidd, David G; Cicchino, Jessica B; Reagan, Ian J; Kerfoot, Laura B

2017-05-29

Information about drivers' experiences with driver assistance technologies in real driving conditions is sparse. This study characterized driver interactions with forward collision warning, adaptive cruise control, active lane keeping, side-view assist, and lane departure warning systems following real-world use. Fifty-four Insurance Institute for Highway Safety employees participated and drove a 2016 Toyota Prius, 2016 Honda Civic, 2017 Audi Q7, or 2016 Infiniti QX60 for up to several weeks. Participants reported mileage and warnings from the technologies in an online daily-use survey. Participants reported their level of agreement with five statements regarding trust in an online post-use survey. Responses were averaged to create a composite measure of trust ranging from -2 (strongly disagree) to +2 (strongly agree) for each technology. Mixed-effect regression models were constructed to compare trust among technologies and separately among the study vehicles. Participants' free-response answers about what they liked least about each system were coded and examined. Participants reported driving 33,584 miles during 4 months of data collection. At least one forward collision warning was reported in 26% of the 354 daily reports. The proportion of daily reports indicating a forward collision warning was much larger for the Honda (70%) than for the Audi (18%), Infiniti (15%), and Toyota (10%). Trust was highest for side-view assist (0.98) and lowest for active lane keeping (0.20). Trust in side-view assist was significantly higher than trust in active lane keeping and lane departure warning (0.53). Trust in active lane keeping was significantly lower than trust in adaptive cruise control (0.67) and forward collision warning (0.71). Trust in adaptive cruise control was higher for the Audi (0.72) and Toyota (0.75) compared with the Honda (0.30), and significantly higher for the Infiniti (0.93). Trust in Infiniti's side-view assist (0.58) was significantly lower than

FAtores críticos de sucesso para a implementação do lean production em uma montadora automobilística

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Aglaé Baptista Torres da Rocha

2011-01-01

As vantagens do Sistema Toyota de Produção (STP) sobre os sistemas tradicionais na produção de automóveis têm feito com que montadoras localizadas nas mais diversas partes do mundo se mobilizem para entender e aplicar os conceitos do STP na busca por maior competitividade. O STP aplica os princípios do Lean Production (Produção Enxuta) como base para a construção de processos que conduzem aos melhores resultados de qualidade, produtividade e custo de produção, entre outras vantagens competiti...

Aasta lõpp kisub automüügis pingeliseks / Tõnu Tramm

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Tramm, Tõnu, 1968-

2004-01-01

Ilmunud ka: Delovõje Vedomosti 15. dets. lk. 17. Aasta müüduimatest automarkidest. Tabelid: Toyota selja taga rebivad prantslased; Toyota Corolla novembri müüduim; Aasta kokkuvõttes Toyota edu mäekõrgune; Toyota Corolla edukaim kui Mazda6

Time-Varying Transition Probability Matrix Estimation and Its Application to Brand Share Analysis.

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Tomoaki Chiba

Full Text Available In a product market or stock market, different products or stocks compete for the same consumers or purchasers. We propose a method to estimate the time-varying transition matrix of the product share using a multivariate time series of the product share. The method is based on the assumption that each of the observed time series of shares is a stationary distribution of the underlying Markov processes characterized by transition probability matrices. We estimate transition probability matrices for every observation under natural assumptions. We demonstrate, on a real-world dataset of the share of automobiles, that the proposed method can find intrinsic transition of shares. The resulting transition matrices reveal interesting phenomena, for example, the change in flows between TOYOTA group and GM group for the fiscal year where TOYOTA group's sales beat GM's sales, which is a reasonable scenario.

Time-Varying Transition Probability Matrix Estimation and Its Application to Brand Share Analysis.

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Chiba, Tomoaki; Hino, Hideitsu; Akaho, Shotaro; Murata, Noboru

2017-01-01

In a product market or stock market, different products or stocks compete for the same consumers or purchasers. We propose a method to estimate the time-varying transition matrix of the product share using a multivariate time series of the product share. The method is based on the assumption that each of the observed time series of shares is a stationary distribution of the underlying Markov processes characterized by transition probability matrices. We estimate transition probability matrices for every observation under natural assumptions. We demonstrate, on a real-world dataset of the share of automobiles, that the proposed method can find intrinsic transition of shares. The resulting transition matrices reveal interesting phenomena, for example, the change in flows between TOYOTA group and GM group for the fiscal year where TOYOTA group's sales beat GM's sales, which is a reasonable scenario.

75 FR 79024 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Cooperative...

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2010-12-17

... of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Toyota Motor Corporation, Shizuoka, JAPAN, has been added as a party to this venture. No other changes have been made in...

The SPOOKI post production system

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Beauchemin, M.; Klasa, M.; Fortier, S.; Fortin, F.; Hardy, G.; Pelletier, L.; Edouard, S.; Archambault, B.; Yazidi, H.

2010-09-01

The Canadian Meteorological Centre (CMC) delivers a large number of numerical weather prediction products to the various weather offices and clients throughout Canada and abroad. The current post production system was built according to the needs and ideology of the 1980's and it is becoming obsolete with time. Its cumbersome architecture is difficult to maintain and requires a lot of human and computing resources. The "Weather Elements" section of CMC is aware of the problems associated with its maintenance in the long term and has therefore decided to review in depth the whole approach to the operational post production. The analysis of present and future needs have led to the development of an innovative concept in the operational production field inspired by the "Plug and Play" process. SPOOKI (Système de Production Orienté-Objet contennant une Kyrielle d'Informations - Object oriented production system containing a myriad of information) was created in its present form in 2007. It is based on a modular approach where each plug-in component is specialized, reusable and autonomous. These object oriented programming characteristics greatly simplify the maintenance of the system. Particular attention was also given to create a user-friendly system for novice users. An experimental version of SPOOKI is currently running in development mode and an operational one is planned to be implemented in the coming year. The poster presentation will describe SPOOKI, the future CMC operational post production system. Several examples of usage will be shown.

NDSI products system based on Hadoop platform

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Zhou, Yan; Jiang, He; Yang, Xiaoxia; Geng, Erhui

2015-12-01

Snow is solid state of water resources on earth, and plays an important role in human life. Satellite remote sensing is significant in snow extraction with the advantages of cyclical, macro, comprehensiveness, objectivity, timeliness. With the continuous development of remote sensing technology, remote sensing data access to the trend of multiple platforms, multiple sensors and multiple perspectives. At the same time, in view of the remote sensing data of compute-intensive applications demand increase gradually. However, current the producing system of remote sensing products is in a serial mode, and this kind of production system is used for professional remote sensing researchers mostly, and production systems achieving automatic or semi-automatic production are relatively less. Facing massive remote sensing data, the traditional serial mode producing system with its low efficiency has been difficult to meet the requirements of mass data timely and efficient processing. In order to effectively improve the production efficiency of NDSI products, meet the demand of large-scale remote sensing data processed timely and efficiently, this paper build NDSI products production system based on Hadoop platform, and the system mainly includes the remote sensing image management module, NDSI production module, and system service module. Main research contents and results including: (1)The remote sensing image management module: includes image import and image metadata management two parts. Import mass basis IRS images and NDSI product images (the system performing the production task output) into HDFS file system; At the same time, read the corresponding orbit ranks number, maximum/minimum longitude and latitude, product date, HDFS storage path, Hadoop task ID (NDSI products), and other metadata information, and then create thumbnails, and unique ID number for each record distribution, import it into base/product image metadata database. (2)NDSI production module: includes

Pesticide Product Label System

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — The Pesticide Product Label System (PPLS) provides a collection of pesticide product labels (Adobe PDF format) that have been approved by EPA under Section 3 of the...

Detailed design of product oriented manufacturing systems

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Silva, Sílvio Carmo; Alves, Anabela Carvalho

2006-01-01

This paper presents a procedure for the detailed design and redesign of manufacturing systems within a framework of constantly fitting production system configuration to the varying production needs of products. With such an approach is achieved the design of Product Oriented Manufacturing Systems – POMS. This approach is in opposition to the fitting, before hand, of a production system to all products within a company. In this case is usual to adopt a Function Oriented Manufactur...

Analisis Karakteristik Traksi Serta Redesign Rasio Transmisi Mobil Toyota Fortuner 4.0 V6 Sr (At 4x4

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Nico Yudha Wardana

2017-01-01

Full Text Available Produksi mobil Indonesia tahun 2014 mengalami peningkatan sebanyak 1,29 juta unit, meningkat 7,5 persen dari tahun sebelumnya dan terus mengalami peningkatan pada tahun 2015 sebesar 2 juta unit (Kemenprin, 1/16. Tingginya penjualan mobil tersebut tidak diiringi dengan upaya produsen untuk mencerdaskan konsumen mengenai performa mobil. Hal tersebut yang mendasari penulis untuk melakukan analisa karakteristik traksi pada mobil Toyota fortuner 4.0 V6 SR (4X4 AT. Dalam penelitian ini, telah dilakukan tiga tahapan pengujian. Tahapan pertama adalah melakukan pengujian dynotest pada mobil untuk mengetehaui efisiensi transmisi. Tahap kedua, dilakukan analisa perhitungan sehingga di dapatkan grafik karakteristik mobil pada kondisi standar. Selanjutnya tahap ketiga dilakukan evaluasi terhadap grafik karakteristik traksi mobil standar, dilanjutkan dengan proses redesign tingkat transmisi untuk mengoptimalkan kinerja mobil menggunakan metode progressi geometri. Dari penelitian ini diperoleh grafik karakteristik traksi mobil untuk kondisi rasio gigi standar serta hasil redesign dengan 5,6 dan 7 tingkat kecepatan. Setelah dilakukan analisa, ternyata distribusi traksi pada mobil kondisistandar tidak merata, terdapat loses yang cukup besar terutama pada 3 tingkatan gigi awal. Hasil redesign dengan menggunakan teori progressi geometry menunjukan distribusi traksi yang lebih baik dari kondisi standar. Loses traksi untuk perpindahan gigi pertama menuju tingkat gigi kedua yang awalnya pada kondisi standar sebesar 4.564 kN dapat diminimalisir sampai dengan 1 kN setelah dilakukan redesign dengan 7 tingkat kecepatan.

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2011-10-13

... venture are: Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI; Honda...; Suzuki Motor Corporation, Hamamatsu City, Japan; and Toyota, Aichi, Japan. The general area of P3's...

JPRS Report Science & Technology Japan Future Prospects of FA-From FA to IMS

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1989-12-04

of FA Investment (Large Companies) a) m d) m 5000fI~ljl|S 1 m± ¥-1$ 500~1000t| 300~500(f 1000~3000ft i) £ÜÜ 0i!§£3^ SWOT # H^fc3S j) k) 1...is a method conceived by Toyota Motors, now widely understood throughout the world. Such information as the production volume, time, method and...T. Suzuki Toyota Motor Corp. Y. Tatsue AIST, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory K. Togino Komatsu Ltd. H. Torii Nihon Keizai Shimbun Editorial

'Lean' approach gives greater efficiency.

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Call, Roger

2014-02-01

Adapting the 'Lean' methodologies used for many years by many manufacturers on the production line - such as in the automotive industry - and deploying them in healthcare 'spaces' can, Roger Call, an architect at Herman Miller Healthcare in the US, argues, 'easily remedy many of the inefficiencies' found within a healthcare facility. In an article that first appeared in the September 2013 issue of The Australian Hospital Engineer, he explains how 'Lean' approaches such as the 'Toyota production system', and 'Six Sigma', can be harnessed to good effect in the healthcare sphere.

Improvement of Artistic Cast Production System

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Władysiak R.

2017-09-01

Full Text Available The paper presents the technology and organization of the artistic cast production. On the basis of the actual cast production system, the manufacturing process was shown, in particular sand–piece moulding, which is a very important process and a time-consuming part of the entire manufacture of the casts. The current state of the production process as well as the organization of the work and production technology were analysed with the use of methods and techniques of production improvement, the Lean Manufacturing concept and computer systems. The results of the analysis and studies were shown with use of schemes and graphs of the layout of the production resources, a flow chart of the production process, value stream mapping, and a costs table for the production and modernization of the moulding stage. The work has shown that there are possibilities to improve the artistic cast production system. This improvement leads to increased productivity, lower production costs of artistic casts and increased competitiveness of the foundry.

78 FR 68748 - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Designated Seating Positions

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2013-11-15

... Justice (AAJ), Safety Research and Strategies (SRS), Toyota Motor North America (Toyota), Mitsubishi Motors R&D of America (Mitsubishi), and Public Citizen.\\2\\ Toyota also expressed its support for the Alliance's petition. The petitions filed by SAE International and Toyota were styled both as requests for...

MANAGING PRODUCT SAFETY SYSTEM HACCP ON THE EXAMPLE OF BEET-SUGAR PRODUCTION

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V. A. Golybin

2015-01-01

Full Text Available The most effective safety management system of food production in all industrialized countries in the world recognized by the system based on the principles of HACCP. In Russia, the conformity assessment carried out by the HACCP system certification. The essence of the HACCP system is to identify and control the critical points. Critical Control Point – this is the stage of the process, which is subject to control for hazard identification and risk management in order to avoid the production of unsafe products. Implementation of HACCP system allows to tighten and coordinate the quality control system, which will improve the competitiveness of the products produced in the sugar market in Russia and abroad. In the early stages of food production HACCP system to prevent the occurrence of danger. It is based on the preventive approach to ensuring quality and safety in the production process, and can also be used in the development of new products. HACCP system is based on seven main principles to ensure the implementation and management of the system in production. 1. Creation of a working group of the coordinator and the technical secretary and various consultants. 2. Information on materials and products, in this case of sugar beet and sugar. 3. Information about the production. 4. Risk analysis of the available chemical, physical and microbiological factors. To determine the critical control points according to the results obtained for each factor is determined by a special chart the extent of its accounting. The need to consider the potential hazard is determined by the order in which area it has got. 5. The production program of mandatory preliminary activities in the production of sugar. 6. Determination of critical control points. 7. Making worksheets HACCP. It is shown that the use of HACCP in sugar beet production has several advantages.

Aplikace lean managementu v konkrétní společnosti

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Kleinová, Kateřina

2013-01-01

The aim of this work is to analyze the effectiveness of processes and administration in a particular project in the company of engineering sector and to suggest possible measures to help the company become lean. The theoretical part presents the issue of lean management, describes its history and basic elements, corporate culture and also the philosophy of the Toyota Production System. This thesis also describes in detail particular methodological tools, including Kaizen philosophy, furthermo...

Dielectric Response at THz Frequencies of Mg Water Complexes Interacting with O3 Calculated by Density Functional Theory

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2012-10-24

of the atoms in a chemical system , at the maximal peak of the energy surface separating reactants from products . In the transition state every normal...Hada, M. Ehara, K. Toyota , R. Fukuda, J. Hasegawa, M. Ishida, T. Nakajima, Y. Honda , O. Kitao, H. Nakai, T. Vreven, J. A. Montgomery, Jr., J. E...calculations of ground state resonance structure associated with water complexes of Mg and the interaction of these complexes with Ozone using DFT. The

Some Spreadsheet Poka-Yoke

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Bekenn, Bill; Hooper, Ray

2009-01-01

Whilst not all spreadsheet defects are structural in nature, poor layout choices can compromise spreadsheet quality. These defects may be avoided at the development stage by some simple mistake prevention and detection devices. Poka-Yoke (Japanese for Mistake Proofing), which owes its genesis to the Toyota Production System (the standard for manufacturing excellence throughout the world) offers some principles that may be applied to reducing spreadsheet defects. In this paper we examine sprea...

Innovativeness in production systems

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Blichfeldt, Henrik; Knudsen, Mette Præst

Alignment of market demand and manufacturing capabilities are directly linked to the potential competitive advantage. Pressure for manufacturing companies to customize increase the need for productions systems to handle innovations, especially in SMEs. The paper claims that innovativeness has...... a positive influence of the ability of the manufacturing system to provide specific capabilities that enables the entire production system to positively influence the competitiveness. A comparative case study of three SMEs shows that competitive advantages are obtained through innovative technologies......, but revealed also automation potential in data and information management to be more responsive and cost-effective....

Getting 'Lean': hardwiring process excellence into Northeast Health.

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Brown, Tricia; Duthe, Robert

2009-01-01

Many healthcare organizations are turning to the "Lean" Toyota Production System as a means to hardwire process excellence into their organizations. Northeast Health, an integrated delivery system in New York's capital region, introduced the Lean concept into its culture in 2004. After four years, the organization is beginning to see its staff hardwire Lean thinking into day-to-day behaviors. This paper focuses on the approach used by Northeast Health to introduce Lean concepts into its culture, challenges faced, lessons learned and the factors critical to success.

Production Systems and Supplier Selection

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Pedraza-Acosta, Isabel; Pilkington, Alan; Barnes, David

2016-01-01

strategic stamping suppliers. Findings: Our contribution is the multi-phased production and product innovation process. This is an advance from traditional supplier selection and also an extension of ideas of supplier-located product development as it includes production system development, and complements...

Description, Modelling and Design of Production Systems

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Jacobsen, Peter; Rudolph, Carsten

1997-01-01

Design of production systems are rarely an activity in which decision makers in most production companies have much experience. In future, this activity is to be more recurrent due to more and more frequent changes in the production task. Consequently, the decision makers are in need of better...... management tools and methods for description and modelling of production systems supporting the decisions. In this article a structural framework to describe and model production systems will be introduced, and it is shown how the production system of a minor Danish manufacturer of electromechanical...

HEURÍSTICA PARA EL EQUILIBRADO DE LÍNEAS DE ENSAMBLES DEL TIPO TSS HEURISTIC FOR THE TSS ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING PROBLEM

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Pedro Palominos Belmar

2010-12-01

Full Text Available El propósito de este trabajo es presentar una heurística para el problema de equilibrado de líneas para células conformadas en "U". Particularmente para el sistema de fabricación denominado Toyota Sewing System (TSS, que representa un nuevo concepto de organización en una línea de producción. Si bien este tipo de sistema ha sido abordado en la literatura bajo el título de sistemas de producción autoequilibrado, en donde el equilibrio se logra mediante la utilización de dos reglas básicas, creemos que estas reglas no son suficientes para lograr el autoequilibrio. Por lo cual incorporamos el concepto de zonas de enlace que facilita el equilibrado de la línea. De los resultados obtenidos mediante simulación, concluimos que la heurística es eficiente para este tipo de sistemas de producción.The purpose of this paper is to present a heuristic for the assembly line balancing problem in U-shaped cells, particularly for the manufacturing system called Toyota Sewing System (TSS, which represents a new production line organization concept. Although this type of system has been approached in the literature under the name of self-balanced production system, where the balance is achieved using two basic rules, we believe that these rules are not sufficient to achieve self-balance, so we have incorporated the concept of linkage zones that facilitate balancing the line. From the results obtained by simulation we conclude that the heuristic is efficient for this kind of production system.

Integrated Monitoring System of Production Processes

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Oborski Przemysław

2016-12-01

Full Text Available Integrated monitoring system for discrete manufacturing processes is presented in the paper. The multilayer hardware and software reference model was developed. Original research are an answer for industry needs of the integration of information flow in production process. Reference model corresponds with proposed data model based on multilayer data tree allowing to describe orders, products, processes and save monitoring data. Elaborated models were implemented in the integrated monitoring system demonstrator developed in the project. It was built on the base of multiagent technology to assure high flexibility and openness on applying intelligent algorithms for data processing. Currently on the base of achieved experience an application integrated monitoring system for real production system is developed. In the article the main problems of monitoring integration are presented, including specificity of discrete production, data processing and future application of Cyber-Physical-Systems. Development of manufacturing systems is based more and more on taking an advantage of applying intelligent solutions into machine and production process control and monitoring. Connection of technical systems, machine tools and manufacturing processes monitoring with advanced information processing seems to be one of the most important areas of near future development. It will play important role in efficient operation and competitiveness of the whole production system. It is also important area of applying in the future Cyber-Physical-Systems that can radically improve functionally of monitoring systems and reduce the cost of its implementation.

Modelling production system architectures in the early phases of product development

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Guðlaugsson, Tómas Vignir; Ravn, Poul Martin; Mortensen, Niels Henrik

2016-01-01

are needed and appropriate to enable determination of obtainable product quality. In order to meet this challenge, it is suggested that a visual modelling framework be adopted that clarifies which product and production features are known at a specific time of the project and which features will be worked...... on – leading to an improved basis for prioritizing activities in the project. Requirements for the contents of the framework are presented, and literature on production and system models is reviewed. The production system architecture modelling framework is founded on methods and approaches in literature......This article suggests a framework for modelling a production system architecture in the early phases of product development.The challenge in these phases is that the products to be produced are not completely defined and yet decisions need to be made early in the process on what investments...

78 FR 51381 - Early Warning Reporting, Foreign Defect Reporting, and Motor Vehicle and Equipment Recall...

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2013-08-20

... Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Toyota). The specific comments of each entity will be discussed below... Toyota commented specifically on the proposal to amend Sec. 579.21(b) and (c) to require light vehicle.... Toyota indicated that they could determine the vehicle type from vehicle model; while Ford indicated that...

Product Configuration Systems and Consequences for Productivity and Quality

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Pedersen, Jørgen Lindgaard; Edwards, Kasper

2004-01-01

with informations about expected and realised costs and benefits in implemented PCS's we have the following results: the three highest aggregated scoring expected benefits are: 1)improved quality in specifications, 2)lower turnaround time, and 3)using less resources.The results achieved are in accordance......Product Configuration Systems (PCS) are systems to produce quotations to potential buyers of the products an enterprise produces. Typically the products are complex and will first be produced according to specific needs from the customers. From twelve case studies in Danish industry...

The system around the product

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Morelli, Nicola

2006-01-01

The design discipline has traditionally focused on products’ physical aspects, giving for granted that the context of services, infrastructures and technology will support the product life. A systemic perspective would revise such a focus, in order to project design competences over systemic...... aspects usually neglected by designers. This perspective shift is a challenge for designers, who have very efficient methods and tools to handle physical aspects of product design, but need to define an ‘operative paradigm’ to operate in a systemic context. An operative paradigm consists of a set of tools...... and methods to handle immaterial aspects such as time sequences, actors’ role and logical links in a product service system (PSS). Tools and methods can be borrowed from other disciplinary contexts, their relevance, though, derives from their adaptation to this specific study area: designing in a systemic...

Sterile Product Packaging and Delivery Systems.

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Akers, Michael J

2015-01-01

Both conventional and more advanced product container and delivery systems are the focus of this brief article. Six different product container systems will be discussed, plus advances in primary packaging for special delivery systems and needle technology.

An integrated production, inventory and preventive maintenance model for a multi-product production system

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Liu, Xuejuan; Wang, Wenbin; Peng, Rui

2015-01-01

This paper considers a production system that can produce multiple products alternately. Products go through the system in a sequence and a complete run of all products forms a production cycle. An integrated production, inventory and preventive maintenance model is constructed, which is characterized by the delay-time concept. Two different situations are studied based on whether the unqualified products and downtime caused by the failures of the system, set-up and preventive maintenance can be ignored or not. Three cases are considered for each situation, depending on the position of the preventive maintenance epochs: the first case, where preventive maintenance is carried out at the end of each production cycle; the second case, where preventive maintenance is carried out at each set-up time of the products; and the third case, where preventive maintenance is carried out at some set-up times only, since it may not always be optimal to carry out preventive maintenance at the end of the production cycle or at each set-up time. The modeling objectives are to find the optimal number of production cycles per year and the optimal position of preventive maintenance that will maximize the expected profit per unit time. Numerical examples, using real data, are presented to illustrate the model. - Highlights: • We propose an integrated economic production quantity and preventive maintenance model. • The situation that multiple products are produced on the same system alternately is studied. • Two situations are studied based on whether the downtime and the product quality can be ignored or not. • We use enumeration method and analytical method to select the optimal preventive maintenance policy, respectively. • We use the delay-time concept to model the preventive maintenance policy

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles - CRADA Report

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Onar, Omer C [ORNL; Campbell, Steven L [ORNL; Seiber, Larry Eugene [ORNL; White, Cliff P [ORNL; Chinthavali, Madhu Sudhan [ORNL; Tang, Lixin [ORNL; Chambon, Paul H [ORNL; Ozpineci, Burak [ORNL; Smith, David E [ORNL

2016-06-20

Wireless power transfer (WPT) is a paradigm shift in electric-vehicle (EV) charging that offers the consumer an autonomous, safe, and convenient option to conductive charging and its attendant need for cables. With WPT, charging process can be fully automated due to the vehicle and grid side radio communication systems, and is non-contacting; therefore issues with leakage currents, ground faults, and touch potentials do not exist. It also eliminates the need for touching the heavy, bulky, dirty cables and plugs. It eliminates the fear of forgetting to plug-in and running out of charge the following day and eliminates the tripping hazards in public parking lots and in highly populated areas such as shopping malls, recreational areas, parking buildings, etc. Furthermore, the high-frequency magnetic fields employed in power transfer across a large air gap are focused and shielded, so that fringe fields (i.e., magnetic leakage/stray fields) attenuate rapidly over a transition region to levels well below limits set by international standards for the public zone (which starts at the perimeter of the vehicle and includes the passenger cabin). Oak Ridge National Laboratory s approach to WPT charging places strong emphasis on radio communications in the power regulation feedback channel augmented with software control algorithms. The over-arching goal for WPT is minimization of vehicle on-board complexity by keeping the secondary side content confined to coil tuning, rectification, filtering, and interfacing to the regenerative energy-storage system (RESS). This report summarizes the CRADA work between the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Toyota Research Institute of North America, Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America (TEMA) on the wireless charging of electric vehicles which was funded by Department of Energy under DE-FOA-000667. In this project, ORNL is the lead agency and Toyota TEMA is one of the major partners. Over the course of the project

Development of Production Systems

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Christiansen, Thomas Bøhm

1997-01-01

This paper presents the initial considerations related to a Ph.D. study initiated at IPV, DTU in February 1997, concerning the research subject "Development of Production Systems". The content and aim of this paper is to 1) to introduce the study by......This paper presents the initial considerations related to a Ph.D. study initiated at IPV, DTU in February 1997, concerning the research subject "Development of Production Systems". The content and aim of this paper is to 1) to introduce the study by...

Modelling Product Families for Product Configuration Systems with Product Variant Master

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Mortensen, Niels Henrik; Hvam, Lars; Haug, Anders

2010-01-01

This article presents an evaluation of applying a suggested method for modelling product families for product configuration based on theory for modelling mechanical products,systems theory and object-oriented modelling. The modelling technique includes a so-called product variant master and CRC-cards...... the three views. Modelling of characteristics of the product variants in a product family Modelling of constraints between parts in the product family Visualisation of the entire product family on a poster e.g. 1x2 meters The product variant master and CRC-cards are means to bridge the gap between domain...... experts and IT-developers, thus making it possible for the domain experts (e.g. engineers from product development) to express their knowledge in a form that is understandable both for the domain experts and the IT-developers. The product variant master and CRC-cards have currently been tested and further...

77 FR 29247 - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection

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2012-05-17

...). On January 25, 2005, we received a request for interpretation from Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Toyota) concerning S4.5.1(e).\\5\\ Toyota's concern was that S4.5.1(e)(1) makes an exception for S4.5.1(e... vehicles certified to meet certain advanced air bag requirements on or after December 1, 2003. Toyota...

Production control system specified quality sausage products

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A. V. Tokarev

2016-01-01

Full Text Available The problem of management of production target in technological system of production of sausages of the set quality is considered in article. Decomposition of technological system is considered. Functions of management are allocated: formation of an optimum compounding of forcemeat, expert analysis of a compounding, laboratory analysis of a compounding and its statement. Information technology of interaction of these functions is offered. The mathematical problem definition of finding of an optimum compounding meat product with use of possible substitutes of ingredients is presented. This mathematical problem is a classical linear programming problem whose solution has the standard program. Since the manufacture of the finished product are various nonlinear effects are taken into account at the present time it is practically impossible, the methodology provided in this operation "Expert analysis of the formulation" and "Laboratory analysis of the finished product." An example of calculating the optimum alternative base recipe "Sausages “Viennese with cheese”" TS 9213-010-40155161-2002. For an alternative formulation demands were made at a cost of meat, the ingredient composition, as well as the final product organoleptic and physic-chemical indicators should comply with regulatory requirements "Sausages “Viennese with cheese”" TS 9213-010-40155161-2002. Indicator acid activity (pH calculated stuffing formulation should be in the range 6.0-6.3. As a partial replacement for the main raw material have been proposed acceptable substitutes. It was necessary to calculate on the basis of the formulation "Sausages “Viennese with cheese”" TS 9213-010-40155161-2002 optimal price and quality alternative formulation. As a result of depreciation of the value of alternative stuffing recipe was 14,5 % when all of the restrictions on the consumer properties. The proposed information technology implemented in the software package "Multi

Very High Performance High Nitrogen Energetic Ingredients and Energetic Polymers for Structural Components

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2011-12-31

13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES SoUoWtoo^ 14. ABSTRACT This project investigated new energetic materials for use with a triazole cured binder system ...The reaction was repeated using two equivalents of KH. An even more insoluble product was obtained. Figure 8 and 9 show the C-13 and N-15 CP/MAS...Sonnenberg, M. Hada, M. Ehara, K. Toyota , R. Fukuda, J. Hasegawa, M. Ishida, T. Nakajima, Y. Honda , O. Kitao, H. Nakai, T. Vreven, J. A. Montgomery, Jr

Research on hydrogen production system

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Nakagiri, Toshio

2002-07-01

Hydrogen is closely watched for environmental issues in recent years. In this research, hydrogen production systems and production techniques are widely investigated, and selected some hydrogen production process which have high validity for FBR system. Conclusions of the investigation are shown below. (1) Water-electrolysis processes and steam reform processes at low temperatures are already realized in other fields, so they well be easily adopted for FBR system. FBR system has no advantage when compared with other systems, because water-electrolysis processes can be adopted for other electricity generation system. On the other hand, FBR system has an advantage when steam reforming processes at low temperatures will be adopted, because steam reforming processes at 550-600degC can't be adopted for LWR. (2) Thermochemical processes will be able to adopted for FBR when process temperature will be lowered and material problems solved, because their efficiencies are expected high. Radiolysis processes which use ray (for example, gamma rya) emitted in reactor can be generate hydrogen easily, so they will be able to be adopted for FBR if splitting efficiency will be higher. Further investigation and R and D to realize these processes are considered necessary. (author)

Pesticide Product Information System (PPIS)

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — The Pesticide Product Information System contains information concerning all pesticide products registered in the United States. It includes registrant name and...

Transforming System Engineering through Model-Centric Engineering

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2015-11-18

infrastructure). In addition, the set-based design concept originally attributed to Toyota described how the design and manufacturing processes work...related domains. History suggests that there is limited success in exposing cross-domain issues until a physical integration is developed to enabling

76 FR 65610 - Final Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard

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2011-10-24

......... S-CLASS 22 10,189 2.1592 34 GENERAL MOTORS..... CHEVROLET HHR...... 172 80,781 2.1292 35 TOYOTA... MOTOR CO...... LINCOLN TOWN CAR... 24 11,596 2.0697 39 TOYOTA AVALON 45 22,030 2.0427 40 NISSAN 350Z 1....7552 50 TOYOTA CAMRY/SOLARA....... 781 447,882 1.7438 51 TOYOTA COROLLA 632 363,515 1.7386 52 HYUNDAI...

Carbon dioxide R744 as a refrigerant in automotive air-conditioning systems; Kohlendioxid-R744 als Kaeltemittel in Fahrzeug-Klimaanlagen

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Kuhn, P.; Graz, M.; Obrist, F. [Obrist Engineering GmbH (Germany); Parsch, W. [LuK Fahrzeug-Hydraulik GmbH und Co. KG (Germany); Rinne, F. [Sanden Technical Center (Europe) GmbH (Germany)

2001-12-01

Toyota's announcement that they are to use environmentally friendly, high-performance air-conditioning systems based on the refrigerant R744 as from the year 2003 confirms a world-wide trend. German competitors documented their development achievements in this area during the course of SAE conferences in Phoenix during the period 1998 to 2000. The authors who contributed to the present article come from LuK/Sanden and Obrist Engineering, both of which work closely with Audi, BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Volkswagen and their suppliers to develop components and processes. (orig.) [German] Die Ankuendigung von Toyota, umweltfreundliche und leistungsfaehige Klimaanlagen mit dem Kaeltemittel R744 ab 2003 serienmaessig einzusetzen, bestaetigt einen weltweiten Trend. Auch die deutschen Wettbewerber haben - unter anderem im Verlauf von SAE-Veranstaltungen in Phoenix in den Jahren 1998 bis 2000 - ihre Entwicklungsleistungen auf diesem Gebiet dokumentiert. Das Autorenteam besteht aus Mitarbeitern der Firmen LuK/Sanden und Obrist Engineering, die in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Audi, BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Volkswagen und deren Zulieferern Komponenten und Prozesse fuer zukuenftige Klimaanlagen entwickeln. (orig.)

Production System Design for Multiple Brands

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Karlsson, Christer; Christensen, Irene

Production systems enabling both cost efficiency and flexibility in terms of high product variation are explored. The study follows an explorative longitudinal field study approach. The database consists of three large global corporations, each consisting of several companies producing household ......-outs, worker skills, integration of distribution channels, after sales service and degree of servitization. Three production system design principles called VXY emerge....

A Conceptual Model for Production Leveling (Heijunka) Implementation in Batch Production Systems

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De Araujo , Luciano Fonseca; De Queiroz , Abelardo Alves

2009-01-01

International audience; This paper explains an implementation model for a new method for Production Leveling designed for batch production system. The main structure of this model is grounded on three constructs: traditional framework for Operations Planning, Lean Manufacturing concepts for Production Leveling and case study guidelines. By combining the first and second construct, a framework for Production Leveling has been developed for batch production systems. Then, case study guidelines ...

PLACE OF PRODUCTION COSTS SYSTEM ANALYSIS IN SYSTEM ANALYSIS

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Mariia CHEREDNYCHENKO

2016-12-01

Full Text Available Current economic conditions require the development and implementation of an adequate system of production costs, which would ensure a steady profit growth and production volumes in a highly competitive, constantly increasing input prices and tariffs. This management system must be based on an integrated production costs system analysis (PCSA, which would provide all operating costs management subsystems necessary information to design and make better management decisions. It provides a systematic analysis of more opportunities in knowledge, creating conditions of integrity mechanism knowledge object consisting of elements that show intersystem connections, each of which has its own defined and limited objectives, relationship with the environment.

A Classification Scheme for Production System Processes

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Sørensen, Daniel Grud Hellerup; Brunø, Thomas Ditlev; Nielsen, Kjeld

2018-01-01

Manufacturing companies often have difficulties developing production platforms, partly due to the complexity of many production systems and difficulty determining which processes constitute a platform. Understanding production processes is an important step to identifying candidate processes...... for a production platform based on existing production systems. Reviewing a number of existing classifications and taxonomies, a consolidated classification scheme for processes in production of discrete products has been outlined. The classification scheme helps ensure consistency during mapping of existing...

Lean Manufacturing Principles Guide, Version 0.5. A Guide to Lean Shipbuilding

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Liker, Jeffrey K; Lamb, Thomas

2000-01-01

.... Through years of trial and error on the shopfloor Toyota discovered that they could simultaneously achieve high quality, low cost, and just-in time delivery by shortening the production flow by eliminating waste...

Lot-sizing for a single-stage single-product production system with rework of perishable production defectives

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Teunter, R.; Flapper, S.D.P.

2003-01-01

We consider a single-stage single-product production system. Produced units may be non-defective, reworkable defective, or non-reworkable defective. The system switches between production and rework. After producing a fixed number (N) of units, all reworkable defective units are reworked. Reworkable

Potential of sustainable biomass production systems in Texas

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Sanderson, M.A.; Hussey, M.A.; Wiselogel, A.E.

1992-01-01

Biomass production for liquid fuels feedstock from systems based on warm-season perennial grasses (WSPG) offers a sustainable alternative for forage-livestock producers in Texas. Such systems also would enhance diversity and flexibility in current production systems. Research is needed to incorporate biomass production for liquid fuels, chemicals, and electrical power into current forage-livestock management systems. Our research objectives were to (i) document the potential of several WSPG in diverse Texas environments for biomass feedstock production, (ii) conduct fundamental research on morphological development of WSPG to enhance management for biomass feedstock production, (iii) examine current on-farm production systems for opportunities to incorporate biomass production, and (iv) determine feedstock quality and stability during storage

Employees Motivation and Openness for Continuous Improvement: Comparative Study in Polish and Japanese Companies

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Stadnicka Dorota

2017-09-01

Full Text Available Currently, companies must change and evolve to keep pace with the changing environment, customers’ requirements and to be better than their competitors. The changes result from the need to adapt the products to new customers’ requirements as well as to maintain competitive prices of their products. Therefore, companies should be flexible to guarantee short lead time and minimalize their costs to offer a good price for the customers. At the same time, companies should create good work environment for their employees in order to get them involved in improvement processes. In order to survive and develop companies should motivate and involve their employees into a continuous improvement process in different areas of the company. Unfortunately, as based on the companies’ practice and previous research, in many cases employees are not willing to engage in the company development. Continuous improvement is the basis of the philosophy of Quality Management and Lean Manufacturing, which come from Toyota Production System (TPS. The TPS eventually spread throughout the world, and it is held up as an example of the proper management of a production system. The assumptions of TPS system were used to build systems in other companies, but not always with the same success as it was in Toyota. For this reason, the authors of this paper seek to answer the question of whether there are differences in engagement in a continuous improvement process between employees in a Japanese company and a Polish company operating in the same industry and realizing the similar manufacturing. In order to verify this, the research was conducted in two manufacturing companies which operate in the automotive industry. The results of the study and their analysis are presented in the work.

Influence of dispatching rules on average production lead time for multi-stage production systems.

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Hübl, Alexander; Jodlbauer, Herbert; Altendorfer, Klaus

2013-08-01

In this paper the influence of different dispatching rules on the average production lead time is investigated. Two theorems based on covariance between processing time and production lead time are formulated and proved theoretically. Theorem 1 links the average production lead time to the "processing time weighted production lead time" for the multi-stage production systems analytically. The influence of different dispatching rules on average lead time, which is well known from simulation and empirical studies, can be proved theoretically in Theorem 2 for a single stage production system. A simulation study is conducted to gain more insight into the influence of dispatching rules on average production lead time in a multi-stage production system. We find that the "processing time weighted average production lead time" for a multi-stage production system is not invariant of the applied dispatching rule and can be used as a dispatching rule independent indicator for single-stage production systems.

Systems evolution of waste and by-product management and bioenergy production

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Okkonen, L.

2009-07-01

Evolutionary economic geography provides an inspiring extension to geographical systems analysis. The objective of this dissertation is to apply the systems approach and theory as an integrative framework of sustainable development, and as a capable analytical tool in the analysis of evolutionary resource management and energy production systems in their geographical contexts. The systems investigated are waste and by-product management and bioenergy production systems located in Finland and Scotland. Industrial ecosystem (IE) indicators are constructed for the analysis of waste and by-product management. They present both direct and indirect environmental, economic and social impacts of local waste management operations. The indicators are further applied in scenarios that dynamise the evolution of systems material and energy flows towards the balanced environmental, economic and social development, i.e. the vision of the industrial ecology. The results indicate that the energy use of waste derived fuels in regional cooperation has much potential in the development towards the optimal roundput model of industrial ecosystem. The business opportunities based on local woodfuels are investigated in the context of Scottish forestry policy. The evolution of institutional environments and arrangements of forest management in the Scottish Highlands enables a new type of rural entrepreneurship. The case study of Finnish heat entrepreneurship constructs a heat energy business model, including both the business architecture for product/service flows and the earning logics. Finally, a synthesis of the evolution of natural resource management systems is presented. The evolution process has many geographical contingent conditions, such as resources, technologies, institutions and organisations. Together with general socio-economic mechanisms, they affect the actors in spatial economic processes and interactions. Realisations of the system evolution are structures of economies

THE EXPERT’S OPINION

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Maeve Cummings

1993-01-01

Steve Erickson is the Executive Manager in charge of Computer Services for Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. He, with a staff of 209 IT professionals and managers, is responsible for overseeing computer operations, technical support and communications for the company. Erickson joined Toyota in 1978 as an Information Management Systems Support Group Leader. As the Lexus luxury division was developing in the late 1980’s, Erickson was responsible for overseeing the identification and documentation of...

Autonomous and Connected Vehicles: A Law Enforcement Primer

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2015-12-01

parallel or back-in parking in Toyota Prius vehicles is one example currently marketed and in operation in the United States.275 Testing is on-going...ownership in a connected environment.276 275 “All-New Third Generation Toyota Prius Raises the Bar for...design-patterns-and- operational-concepts-tasks-28-42-115/. Toyota . “All-New Third Generation Toyota Prius Raises the Bar for Hybrid Vehicles— Again

Mini Tuber Production in Potato Via Aeroponic System

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Hussein Abdullah Ahmed AHMED

2018-02-01

Full Text Available The aeroponic production system is one of the new applications in soilless agriculture. This system is also an alternative seed production system for mini-tuber production of potato in terms of providing optimum growth conditions, enabling potato production to be free from diseases and pests and to make economic use of agricultural inputs. This system, which is independent of climatic conditions, has the advantage of improving the vegetative growth, delaying tuber formation, prolonging the vegetative period, increasing the tuber yield per plant and total tuber yield while decreasing the tuber weight. Due to the problems experienced in potato seedling tuber production in recent years, it emerged as an alternative production system for our country.

Lean Transformation Guidance: Why Organizations Fail To Achieve and Sustain Excellence Through Lean Improvement

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Mohammed Hamed Ahmed

2013-01-01

Many companies are complaining that lean didn’t achieve their long-term goals, and the improvement impact was very short-lived. 7 out of each 10 lean projects fail as companies try to use lean like a toolkit, copying and pasting the techniques without trying to adapt the employee’s culture, manage the improvement process, sustain the results, and develop their leaders. When the Toyota production system was created, the main goal was to remove wastes from the shop floor us...

The Role of The Executive in Lean: A Qualitative Thesis Based

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P. Marksberry; S. Hughes

2011-01-01

Lean manufacturing (Lean), as evolved from the Toyota Production System (TPS), has gained traction in many businesses as a tool for efficiency and improvement. However, the role of an executive or general manager within a Lean organization has not been clearly articulated in any official or proven way. This research looks at common approaches, theories, and problems concerning the role of the executive and how it can affect companies in their efforts to adopt Lean tools and principles. This r...

A comparison of production system life cycle models

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Attri, Rajesh; Grover, Sandeep

2012-09-01

Companies today need to keep up with the rapidly changing market conditions to stay competitive. The main issues in this paper are related to a company's market and its competitors. The prediction of market behavior is helpful for a manufacturing enterprise to build efficient production systems. However, these predictions are usually not reliable. A production system is required to adapt to changing markets, but such requirement entails higher cost. Hence, analyzing different life cycle models of the production system is necessary. In this paper, different life cycle models of the production system are compared to evaluate the distinctive features and the limitations of each model. Furthermore, the difference between product life cycle and production life cycle is summarized, and the effect of product life cycle on production life cycle is explained. Finally, a production system life cycle model, along with key activities to be performed in each stage, is proposed specifically for the manufacturing sector.

Managing complexity of product mix and production flow in configure-to-order production systems

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Myrodia, Anna; Bonev, Martin; Hvam, Lars

2014-01-01

In designing configure-to-order production systems for a growing product variety, companies are challenged with an increased complexity for obtaining high productivity levels and cost-effectiveness. In academia several optimization methods and conceptual frameworks for substituting components, or...

Conception of Self-Construction Production Scheduling System

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Xue, Hai; Zhang, Xuerui; Shimizu, Yasuhiro; Fujimura, Shigeru

With the high speed innovation of information technology, many production scheduling systems have been developed. However, a lot of customization according to individual production environment is required, and then a large investment for development and maintenance is indispensable. Therefore now the direction to construct scheduling systems should be changed. The final objective of this research aims at developing a system which is built by it extracting the scheduling technique automatically through the daily production scheduling work, so that an investment will be reduced. This extraction mechanism should be applied for various production processes for the interoperability. Using the master information extracted by the system, production scheduling operators can be supported to accelerate the production scheduling work easily and accurately without any restriction of scheduling operations. By installing this extraction mechanism, it is easy to introduce scheduling system without a lot of expense for customization. In this paper, at first a model for expressing a scheduling problem is proposed. Then the guideline to extract the scheduling information and use the extracted information is shown and some applied functions are also proposed based on it.

Development of anti-counterfeit consumer product authentication system

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Olena V. Narimanova

2015-06-01

Full Text Available Aim of the research is to develop an anti-counterfeit consumer product authentication system. The main requirements for this system are formulated, the choice of method of consumer product authentication is substantiated. The scheme of anti-counterfeit consumer product authentication system is developed basing on previously proposed method of checking the QR-code integrity and authenticity. The proposed within the system consumer product authentication technology is simple, economical for implementation, does not require the external changes of product packaging, does not affect existing production process. The technology can be recommended for the use to private businesses and government institutions that are interested in the security of their products from counterfeiting, as well as tracking and removing from circulation the counterfeit consumer products.

Principles and practices of lean production applied in a metal structures production system

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Carvalho, Rogério; Alves, Anabela Carvalho; Lopes, Isabel da Silva

2011-01-01

This paper presents a work undertaken in a metal structures production system in a company producing several assorted products for the civil construction. The work aim was to improve the production process, solving several productive problems encountered in the production system, such as: deliveries delays, long lead times, too many material handling, high stocks, errors and defects in metal structures assembly and production, and unnecessary motions. The identified problems were analyzed and...

Consumer attitudes to different pig production systems

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de Barcellos, Marcia Dutra; Grunert, Klaus G; Zhou, Yanfeng

2013-01-01

In many Western countries, consumers have shown an increasing interest to the way in which food products are being produced. This study investigates Chinese consumers' attitudes towards different pig production systems by means of a conjoint analysis. While there has been a range of studies...... on Western consumers' attitudes to various forms of food production, little is known about the level of Chinese consumers' attitudes. A cross-sectional survey was carried out with 472 participants in six Chinese cities. Results indicate that Chinese consumers prefer industrial pig production systems, where...... from Cluster 1 focus almost exclusively on the food safety aspect (food safety focused). Consumers from cluster 2 (indifferent) show generally weak attitudes to pig production systems in general. Cluster 3 (industrial production oriented) stands out by being very positive about industrial, large size...

Digital Representation for Communication of Product Definition Data. Revision

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1990-04-30

SToru Kato Toyota Motors Dewayne Kelley Menasco Michael Kelley Auto-Trol Technology J.C. Kelly Sandia National Laboratorit’s Debbie Kengott AutoTrol...S and B defined as follows: C(t) SoB(t) SS(B(t)) A= SWOt , Vt)) S(x(u(t), v(1)), y(u(t), v(t)), z(u(t), v(I)) ) a < t < b. The curve B lies in the two

Measuring healthcare productivity - from unit to system level.

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Kämäräinen, Vesa Johannes; Peltokorpi, Antti; Torkki, Paulus; Tallbacka, Kaj

2016-04-18

Purpose - Healthcare productivity is a growing issue in most Western countries where healthcare expenditure is rapidly increasing. Therefore, accurate productivity metrics are essential to avoid sub-optimization within a healthcare system. The purpose of this paper is to focus on healthcare production system productivity measurement. Design/methodology/approach - Traditionally, healthcare productivity has been studied and measured independently at the unit, organization and system level. Suggesting that productivity measurement should be done in different levels, while simultaneously linking productivity measurement to incentives, this study presents the challenges of productivity measurement at the different levels. The study introduces different methods to measure productivity in healthcare. In addition, it provides background information on the methods used to measure productivity and the parameters used in these methods. A pilot investigation of productivity measurement is used to illustrate the challenges of measurement, to test the developed measures and to prove the practical information for managers. Findings - The study introduces different approaches and methods to measure productivity in healthcare. Practical implications - A pilot investigation of productivity measurement is used to illustrate the challenges of measurement, to test the developed measures and to prove the practical benefits for managers. Originality/value - The authors focus on the measurement of the whole healthcare production system and try to avoid sub-optimization. Additionally considering an individual patient approach, productivity measurement is examined at the unit level, the organizational level and the system level.

Animal production systems in the industrialised world.

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Sørensen, J T; Edwards, S; Noordhuizen, J; Gunnarsson, S

2006-08-01

The production of food from animal origin is relatively stable in the industrialised world. However, animal production systems are changing dramatically with respect to location, herd size and specialisation. Increased pressure from a critical public is moving animal-based production towards systems such as organic production and loose-housing systems which allow the animals to better express normal behaviour. The focus on food safety promotes systems with a high degree of biosecurity, often associated with an increase in herd size and self-containment. The globalisation of agricultural trade and increased competition also favours an increase in herd size and specialisation. These trends also lead to regions with livestock-dense areas, giving rise to environmental concerns. Therefore, good farming practice regulations and systems to provide a higher level of transparency, such as quality risk management programmes, are being developed.

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Ruminant production systems in developing countries: Resource utilization

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Devendra, C.

1989-01-01

Ruminant production systems are discussed with specific reference to the resource utilization required to support them. Particular focus is placed on the main production resources (animals and feeds) and their underutilization. The ruminant animals include buffaloes, cattle, goats, sheep and camels. With the exception of cattle and sheep, their numbers in developing countries account for between 94 and 100% of total world population. Their biological attributes, including inherent characteristics, feeding behaviour and metabolism, are summarized. The extent and availability of feed resources are considered; resources include permanent pastures, crop residues, agroindustrial by-products and non-conventional feeds. The prevailing ruminant production systems are classified into three main categories: extensive systems, systems incorporating arable cropping (roadside, communal and arable grazing systems; tethering and cut-and-carry feeding), and systems integrated with tree cropping. Their genesis and endurance with patterns of crop production and farming systems are discussed. Integrated systems, involving animals and tree crops, are potentially important. Prevailing ruminant production systems are unlikely to change in the foreseeable future, unless there are major shifts in resource use and the proposed new systems are demonstrably superior. Factors likely to influence future ruminant production systems are market requirements, available feed resources and growth in human populations. Two associated strategies for improvement are proposed: increased priority to buffaloes, goats, sheep and camels, consistent with their potential contribution to meat, milk and fibre supplies and draught power; and more complete utilization of the available feed ingredients and increased feed supplies

Introduction of China's Compulsory Product Certification System (Ⅰ)

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2004-01-01

@@ Why does China establish a new Compulso-ry Product Certification System? For a long time, our compulsory product certification system has had problems such as lack of a unified management department, repeated assessments,repeated charging and no separation between certification activities and behaviors of law enforcement.The most obvious problem is that two certification management systems exist respectively for domestic products and imported products.

Effects of production parameters on the structure of resol type phenolic resin/layered silicate nanocomposites

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Kaynak, C.; Tasan, C.C.

2006-01-01

Polymer/layered silicate nanocomposites belong to one of the most promising group of materials of the past few decades and most probably for the near future. Following the pioneering works of Toyota Research Group in the 1980s, the interest on these materials increased rapidly and research is now

TAXATION SYSTEM AT INTRA PRODUCTION LEVEL

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L. I. Podderegina

2006-01-01

Full Text Available The paper presents results of the analysis concerning taxation in the country at the level of an enteфrise and its structural sub-divisions in the period of transforming economy.Recommendations are given on the following aspects: modernization of income taxation system for natural persons; tax payment in case of wage computation; exclusion of tax payments and assignments fi-om production cost value which are not connected with the production process; tax computation for real property; evaluation of enterprise taxation level.The paper shows the possible cases concerning formation of tax payments and assignments of an enterprise and its structural sub-divisions.Taxation system is shown at the level of enterprise structural sub-divisions (shop, department, at the level of shop structural sub-divisions (section, team, for works to be executed by an individual person of the production process (operation, product, works, services. This system promotes to efficient functioning of intra-production economical relations.The paper provides possible variants of formation of taxation payments and assignments for an enterprise and its structural sub-divisions.

Profitability indicators of milk production cost center in intensive systems of production

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Glauber dos Santos

2012-01-01

Full Text Available The objective was to estimate some profitability indicators of dairy cost center farms with a high volume of daily production in feedlot. The Intended was also to identify the components that had the greatest influence on the operational cost. We used data from three milk systems production, with the origin of the purebred Holsteins. It was considered as a milk cost center production all expenses related in lactating and dry cows. The methodology used total cost and operating cost in profitability analysis. A production system, by presenting gross margin, net positive result, was able to produce short, medium and long term. Another production system had a positive gross margin and net, with conditions to survive in the short and medium term. Finally, the third system of production has shown a negative gross margin presenting decapitalizing and entering into debt, as revenues were not enough to pay operating expenses even effective. The component items of the effective operational cost that exercised higher “impact” cost and income from milk were, in decreasing order, the feeding, labor, miscellaneous expenses, sanitation, energy, milking, reproduction, equipment rental, BST and taxes.

Vegetable Production System (Veggie)

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration — The Vegetable Production System (Veggie) was developed to be a simple, easily stowed, high growth volume, low resource facility capable of producing fresh vegetables...

From Product to System Approaches in European Sustainable Product Policies: Analysis of the Package Concept of Heating Systems in Buildings

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Maria Calero-Pastor

2017-09-01

Full Text Available Different policies with the goal of reducing energy consumption and other environmental impacts in the building sector coexist in Europe. Sustainable product polices, such as the Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Directives, have recently broadened the scope of their target product groups from a strict product approach to extended product and system approaches. Indeed, there is a potential for greater savings when the focus is at a system level rather than on regulating individual products. Product policies for space and water heating systems have recently introduced and implemented the package label, which is a modular approach, standing between the extended product and the system approaches. This paper presents a systematic analysis of the different system approaches of various policies from an engineering perspective. It analyses in detail the package concept and its features through a practical application using a real case study. It focuses on how the package concept can support decisions made in the building design phase and, in particular, how can support the choice of appropriate components based on estimating system performances. This brings building engineers and regulators closer regarding the use of more consistent data on energy performance. Finally, this paper highlights the need to improve the alignment of the building-related product policies with the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.

System-theoretic analysis of due-time performance in production systems

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David Jacobs

1995-01-01

Full Text Available Along with the average production rate, the due-time performance is an important characteristic of manufacturing systems. Unlike the production rate, the due-time performance has received relatively little attention in the literature, especially in the context of large volume production. This paper is devoted to this topic. Specifically, the notion of due-time performance is formalized as the probability that the number of parts produced during the shipping period reaches the required shipment size. This performance index is analyzed for both lean and mass manufacturing environments. In particular, it is shown that, to achieve a high due-time performance in a lean environment, the production system should be scheduled for a sufficiently small fraction of its average production rate. In mass production, due-time performance arbitrarily close to one can be achieved for any scheduling practice, up to the average production rate.

Analisis Pengaruh Ekuitas Merek Terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Mobil Toyota New Avanza (Studi Kasus Toyota Auto 2000 Sisimangaraja)

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Lubis, Faisal Afif

2016-01-01

Brand equity consists of several elements, such as brand awareness is the ability of a potential buyer to recognize, recall a brand as part of a particular product category. The role of brand awareness in brand equity will depend on the level of achievement of awareness in the minds of consumers. Brand association impression that everything that comes to mind someone associated with his memory about a brand. The impression that the quality of the overall customer perception ...

Conceptual Modelling for Product Configuration Systems

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Shafiee, Sara

Individual customization of goods and processes in different industries leads to complexity due to a growing mix of products both regarding characteristics of products and support services. In order to eliminate complexity and challenges in product/process customizing, smart IT systems called...... Product Configuration Systems (PCS), have been proposed as the solution both by researchers and practitioners and various benefits are mentioned from utilizing PCSs. Based on the latest literature, there are challenges reported in all phases of PCS projects including planning, development......, and documentation. Moreover, the challenges become more serious when it involves complicated products/processes in engineer-to-order (ETO) companies. The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the existing knowledge of managing PCS projects by proposing frameworks and tools to address some of the main...

Systems, methods and apparatus for developing and maintaining evolving systems with software product lines

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Hinchey, Michael G. (Inventor); Rash, James L. (Inventor); Pena, Joaquin (Inventor)

2011-01-01

Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which an evolutionary system is managed and viewed as a software product line. In some embodiments, the core architecture is a relatively unchanging part of the system, and each version of the system is viewed as a product from the product line. Each software product is generated from the core architecture with some agent-based additions. The result may be a multi-agent system software product line.

Simulation Based Optimization for World Line Card Production System

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Sinan APAK

2012-07-01

Full Text Available Simulation based decision support system is one of the commonly used tool to examine complex production systems. The simulation approach provides process modules which can be adjusted with certain parameters by using data relatively easily obtainable in production process. World Line Card production system simulation is developed to evaluate the optimality of existing production line via using discrete event simulation model with variaty of alternative proposals. The current production system is analysed by a simulation model emphasizing the bottlenecks and the poorly utilized production line. Our analysis identified some improvements and efficient solutions for the existing system.

Design of Agricultural Cleaner Production Technology System

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Hu, Jun-mei; Wang, Xin-jie

2009-01-01

Based on the introduction of agricultural cleaner production, technology system design of planting cleaner production is discussed from five aspects of water-saving irrigation technology, fertilization technology, diseases and insects control technology, straw comprehensive utilization technology and plastic film pollution control technology. Cleaner production technology system of livestock and poultry raise is constructed from the aspects of source control technology, reduction technique in...

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System for extracting protein from a fermentation product

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Lawton, Jr., John Warren; Bootsma, Jason Alan; Lewis, Stephen Michael

2016-04-26

A method of producing bioproducts from a feedstock in a system configured to produce ethanol and distillers grains from a fermentation product is disclosed. A system configured to process feedstock into a fermentation product and bioproducts including ethanol and meal is disclosed. A bioproduct produced from a fermentation product produced from a feedstock in a biorefining system is disclosed.

Energy condensed packaged systems. Composition, production, properties

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Igor L. Kovalenko

2015-03-01

Full Text Available In this paper it is presented the substantiation of choice of fuel phase composition and optimal technology of emulsion production on the basis of binary solution of ammonium and calcium nitrates, which provide the obtaining of energy condensed packaged systems with specified properties. The thermal decomposition of energy condensed systems on the basis of ammonium nitrate is investigated. It is shown that the fuel phase of emulsion systems should be based on esters of polyunsaturated acids or on combinations thereof with petroleum products. And ceresin or petroleum wax can be used as the structuring additive. The influence of the technology of energy condensed systems production on the physicochemical and detonation parameters of emulsion explosives is considered. It is shown the possibility of obtaining of emulsion systems with dispersion of 1.3...1.8 microns and viscosity higher than 103 Pa∙s in the apparatus of original design. The sensitizing effect of chlorinated paraffin CP-470 on the thermolysis of energy condensed emulsion system is shown. The composition and production technology of energy condensed packaged emulsion systems of mark Ukrainit-P for underground mining in mines not dangerous on gas and dust are developed.

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2010-06-21

... change its final assembly location from the United States to Japan; and Toyota has not responded to public procurements.\\1\\ \\1\\ Contrary to Chrysler's assertion that Toyota has not responded to public procurements, in May 2010 FTA learned that Toyota may have certified compliance with the Buy America...

Bioelectrochemical Systems for Indirect Biohydrogen Production

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Regan, John M.

2014-01-01

Bioelectrochemical systems involve the use of exoelectrogenic (i.e., anode-reducing) microbes to produce current in conjunction with the oxidation of reduced compounds. This current can be used directly for power in a microbial fuel cell, but there are alternate uses of this current. One such alternative is the production of hydrogen in a microbial electrolysis cell (MEC), which accomplishes cathodic proton reduction with a slight applied potential by exploiting the low redox potential produced by exoelectrogens at the anode. As an indirect approach to biohydrogen production, these systems are not subject to the hydrogen yield constraints of fermentative processes and have been proven to work with virtually any biodegradable organic substrate. With continued advancements in reactor design to reduce the system internal resistance, increase the specific surface area for anode biofilm development, and decrease the material costs, MECs may emerge as a viable alternative technology for biohydrogen production. Moreover, these systems can also incorporate other value-added functionalities for applications in waste treatment, desalination, and bioremediation.

Production grid systems and their programming

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Kacsuk, P; Stefan, P

2004-01-01

Summary form only given. There are a large variety of grid test-beds that can be used for experimental purposes by a small community. However, the number of production grid systems that can be used as a service for a large community is very limited. The current tutorial provides introduction to three of these very few production grid systems. They represent different models and policies of using grid resources and hence understanding and comparing them is an extremely useful exercise to everyone interested in grid technology. The Hungarian ClusterGrid infrastructure connects clusters during the nights and weekends. These clusters are used during the day for educational purposes at the Hungarian universities and polytechnics. Therefore, a unique feature of this grid is the switching mechanism by which the day time and night time working modes are loaded to the computers. In order to manage the system as a production, one, the system is homogeneous, all the machines should install the same grid software package...

The ATLAS Production System Evolution

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Borodin, Mikhail; The ATLAS collaboration

2017-01-01

The second generation of the ATLAS Production System called ProdSys2 is a distributed workload manager that runs daily hundreds of thousands of jobs, from dozens of different ATLAS-specific workflows, across more than a hundred heterogeneous sites. It achieves high utilization by combining dynamic job definition based upon many criteria, such as input and output size, memory requirements and CPU consumption, with manageable scheduling policies and by supporting different kinds of computational resources, such as GRID, clouds, supercomputers and volunteer computers. The system dynamically assigns a group of jobs (task) to a group of geographically distributed computing resources. Dynamic assignment and resource utilization is one of the major features of the system. The Production System has a sophisticated job fault recovery mechanism, which efficiently allows running multi-terabyte tasks without human intervention. We have implemented new features which allow automatic task submission and chaining of differe...

Wireless sensing on surface hydrocarbon production systems

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Kane, D; McStay, D; Mulholland, J; Costello, L

2009-01-01

The use of wireless sensor networks for monitoring and optimising the performance of surface hydrocarbon production systems is reported. Wireless sensor networks are shown to be able to produce comprehensively instrumented XTs and other equipment that generate the data required by Intelligent Oilfield systems. The information produced by such systems information can be used for real-time operational control, production optimization and troubleshooting.

Task management in the new ATLAS production system

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De, K; Golubkov, D; Klimentov, A; Potekhin, M; Vaniachine, A

2014-01-01

This document describes the design of the new Production System of the ATLAS experiment at the LHC [1]. The Production System is the top level workflow manager which translates physicists' needs for production level processing and analysis into actual workflows executed across over a hundred Grid sites used globally by ATLAS. As the production workload increased in volume and complexity in recent years (the ATLAS production tasks count is above one million, with each task containing hundreds or thousands of jobs) there is a need to upgrade the Production System to meet the challenging requirements of the next LHC run while minimizing the operating costs. In the new design, the main subsystems are the Database Engine for Tasks (DEFT) and the Job Execution and Definition Interface (JEDI). Based on users' requests, DEFT manages inter-dependent groups of tasks (Meta-Tasks) and generates corresponding data processing workflows. The JEDI component then dynamically translates the task definitions from DEFT into actual workload jobs executed in the PanDA Workload Management System [2]. We present the requirements, design parameters, basics of the object model and concrete solutions utilized in building the new Production System and its components.

76 FR 48009 - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment

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2011-08-08

... (AAM), Ford Motor Company (Ford), Nissan North America (Nissan), Toyota Motor North America (Toyota... ``* * * of multiple compartment lamps or * * *''. Toyota requested that paragraph S14.3.1 be modified to use... photometric requirements of DRLs. Valeo claimed that there is no way to reconcile Table 1 of SAE J222 (DEC...

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2013-01-09

... complimentary in the way they address interrelated ambient air quality needs and climate change. EPA has...-0562-0349. EPA also received written comment from Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) at EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0562- 0372 which notes that ``Toyota could be forced to employ a variety of costly marketing...

Photochemical hydrogen production system

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Copeland, R.J.

1990-01-01

Both technical and economic factors affect the cost of producing hydrogen by photochemical processes. Technical factors include the efficiency and the capital and operating costs of the renewable hydrogen conversion system; economic factors include discount rates, economic life, credit for co-product oxygen, and the value of the energy produced. This paper presents technical and economic data for a system that generates on-peak electric power form photochemically produced hydrogen

Modeling of Agile Intelligent Manufacturing-oriented Production Scheduling System

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Zhong-Qi Sheng; Chang-Ping Tang; Ci-Xing Lv

2010-01-01

Agile intelligent manufacturing is one of the new manufacturing paradigms that adapt to the fierce globalizing market competition and meet the survival needs of the enterprises, in which the management and control of the production system have surpassed the scope of individual enterprise and embodied some new features including complexity, dynamicity, distributivity, and compatibility. The agile intelligent manufacturing paradigm calls for a production scheduling system that can support the cooperation among various production sectors, the distribution of various resources to achieve rational organization, scheduling and management of production activities. This paper uses multi-agents technology to build an agile intelligent manufacturing-oriented production scheduling system. Using the hybrid modeling method, the resources and functions of production system are encapsulated, and the agent-based production system model is established. A production scheduling-oriented multi-agents architecture is constructed and a multi-agents reference model is given in this paper.

Flexibility of production systems and prepare-finish time

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Vukićević Milan R.

2006-01-01

Full Text Available One of the specificities of the large-serial and mass production is the almost neglected percentage of prepare-finish time in the production cycle. In the conditions of today dominant discontinuous production, it becomes a significant element of the production cycle. The eastern (Japan doctrine of increasing the flexibility of the production systems, is based inter alia also on the extreme reduction of the prepare-finish time. For this reason, the aim of this study was to identify the types and percentages of individual jobs within the group of prepare-finish jobs. The sample consisted of 3 (three production systems for the production of joinery, with the discontinuous production system. The research shows that the percentage of time of the jobs installation of work instruments, regulation of processing regime, and removal of work instruments is extremely long and that it ranges between 11.83% and 18.93% of the shift time. The reasons of the high percentage of these jobs are the wide range of products and the absence of the rationalisation of prepare-finish jobs. Within the efforts to minimize the effects of disruption and to increase the flexibility of the production systems, the rationalisation of prepare-finish jobs is the unavoidable condition.

Survey on the life cycle system of a product with shared information; Joho kyoyugata product life cycle system ni kansuru chosa hokokusho

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1997-03-01

This report provides and proposes new concept and optimization technology on the life cycle system of product for emission minimum. For the proposed life cycle system of product with shared information, the global emission minimum is realized by considering the final emission, the information is given to the product and shared in all the life cycle system, the information sending function is considered from the product, and the information necessary for material processing are actively used. For this life cycle system of product, development of the information model for the system, development of the technology of data saving, renewing, searching and sending, development of sensing and re-using technologies of the product for life cycle, development of the technology attaching information in the product for emission minimum, design of the guidelines of material composition, and research and development of materials for emission minimum are extracted and provided as tasks. 26 refs., 69 figs., 8 tabs.

Towards unification of product and enterprise system descriptions

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Erasmus, J

2015-06-01

Full Text Available are utilised by enterprises and some product systems contain entire businesses, such as the operating and maintenance business of a power station. Thus, products are part of enterprises, but enterprises may also be part of product systems. To enable the design...

Linking environment-productivity trade-offs and correlated uncertainties: Greenhouse gas emissions and crop productivity in paddy rice production systems

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Hayashi, Kiyotada; Nagumo, Yoshifumi; Domoto, Akiko

2016-01-01

In comparative life cycle assessments of agricultural production systems, analyses of both the trade-offs between environmental impacts and crop productivity and of the uncertainties specific to agriculture such as fluctuations in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and crop yields are crucial. However, these two issues are usually analyzed separately. In this paper, we present a framework to link trade-off and uncertainty analyses; correlated uncertainties are integrated into environment-productivity trade-off analyses. We compared three rice production systems in Japan: a system using a pelletized, nitrogen-concentrated organic fertilizer made from poultry manure using closed-air composting techniques (high-N system), a system using a conventional organic fertilizer made from poultry manure using open-air composting techniques (low-N system), and a system using a chemical compound fertilizer (conventional system). We focused on two important sources of uncertainties in paddy rice cultivation—methane emissions from paddy fields and crop yields. We found trade-offs between the conventional and high-N systems and the low-N system and the existence of positively correlated uncertainties in the conventional and high-N systems. We concluded that our framework is effective in recommending the high-N system compared with the low-N system, although the performance of the former is almost the same as the conventional system. - Highlights: • Correlated uncertainties were integrated into environment-productivity trade-offs. • Life cycle GHG emissions and crop yields were analyzed using field and survey data. • Three rice production systems using chemical or organic fertilizers were compared. • There were portfolio (insurance) effects in matured technologies. • Analysis of trade-offs and correlated uncertainties will be useful for decisions.

Linking environment-productivity trade-offs and correlated uncertainties: Greenhouse gas emissions and crop productivity in paddy rice production systems

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Hayashi, Kiyotada, E-mail: hayashi@affrc.go.jp [Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 3-1-3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604 (Japan); Nagumo, Yoshifumi [Crop Research Center, Niigata Agricultural Research Institute, 857 Nagakura-machi, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-0826 (Japan); Domoto, Akiko [Mie Prefecture Agricultural Research Institute, 530 Kawakita-cho, Ureshino, Matsusaka, Mie 515-2316 (Japan)

2016-11-15

In comparative life cycle assessments of agricultural production systems, analyses of both the trade-offs between environmental impacts and crop productivity and of the uncertainties specific to agriculture such as fluctuations in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and crop yields are crucial. However, these two issues are usually analyzed separately. In this paper, we present a framework to link trade-off and uncertainty analyses; correlated uncertainties are integrated into environment-productivity trade-off analyses. We compared three rice production systems in Japan: a system using a pelletized, nitrogen-concentrated organic fertilizer made from poultry manure using closed-air composting techniques (high-N system), a system using a conventional organic fertilizer made from poultry manure using open-air composting techniques (low-N system), and a system using a chemical compound fertilizer (conventional system). We focused on two important sources of uncertainties in paddy rice cultivation—methane emissions from paddy fields and crop yields. We found trade-offs between the conventional and high-N systems and the low-N system and the existence of positively correlated uncertainties in the conventional and high-N systems. We concluded that our framework is effective in recommending the high-N system compared with the low-N system, although the performance of the former is almost the same as the conventional system. - Highlights: • Correlated uncertainties were integrated into environment-productivity trade-offs. • Life cycle GHG emissions and crop yields were analyzed using field and survey data. • Three rice production systems using chemical or organic fertilizers were compared. • There were portfolio (insurance) effects in matured technologies. • Analysis of trade-offs and correlated uncertainties will be useful for decisions.

Ventilation system for 99Mo production apparatus

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Izumo, Mishiroku; Okane, Shougo; Sorita, Takami; Aoyama, Saburou

1978-04-01

In production of 20 Ci 99 Mo from 235 U fission, about 120 Ci of radioiodine ( 131 I, 132 I, and 133 I) is involved. To remove airborne radioiodine from the exhaust air from production apparatus and minimize radioiodine release to the atmosphere, the ventilation system is equipped with 2 units of Model-FD charcoal filter (KI 3 -Impregnated charcoal 2 inch thick of Barnebey-Cheney Co.). From September 1976 to December 1977, 21 runs of 99 Mo production involving airborne radioiodine were carried out. The ventilation system was operated continuously for the whole 15 months period; variation in removal efficiency of airborne radioiodine from the exhaust air stream was observed. In the runs valuable experiences were gained in operation and maintenance of the ventilation system including activated charcoal filter and health-physics management of such facility. Following are the results: (1) Airborne radioiodine from 99 Mo production apparatus is reduced to 10 -3 % of the original quantity. (2) When the ventilation system is operated at a maximum air flow rate through the filter, the average efficiency during 15 months is over 98%. (3) Airborne radioiodine released from 99 Mo production apparatus to the ventilation system is less than 5% particulate iodine and alkyl iodines and more than 95% inorganic iodine. (4) Airborne radioiodine released from the stack is less than 28 μCi/run, which is below the limit in regulations on Radioisotope Production Laboratory. (auth.)

Expected energy production evaluation for photovoltaic systems

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Ding, Yi; Østergaard, Jacob; Peng, Wang

2011-01-01

A photovoltaic (PV) system consists of many solar panels, which are connected in series, parallel or a combination of both. Energy production for the PV system with various configurations is different. In this paper, a methodology is developed to evaluate and analyze the expected energy production...

Productivity changes in OECD healthcare systems: bias-corrected Malmquist productivity approach.

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Kim, Younhee; Oh, Dong-Hyun; Kang, Minah

2016-10-01

This study evaluates productivity changes in the healthcare systems of 30 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries over the 2002-2012 periods. The bootstrapped Malmquist approach is used to estimate bias-corrected indices of healthcare performance in productivity, efficiency and technology by modifying the original distance functions. Two inputs (health expenditure and school life expectancy) and two outputs (life expectancy at birth and infant mortality rate) are used to calculate productivity growth. There are no perceptible trends in productivity changes over the 2002-2012 periods, but positive productivity improvement has been noticed for most OECD countries. The result also informs considerable variations in annual productivity scores across the countries. Average annual productivity growth is evenly yielded by efficiency and technical changes, but both changes run somewhat differently across the years. The results of this study assert that policy reforms in OECD countries have improved productivity growth in healthcare systems over the past decade. Countries that lag behind in productivity growth should benchmark peer countries' practices to increase performance by prioritizing an achievable trajectory based on socioeconomic conditions. For example, relatively inefficient countries in this study indicate higher income inequality, corresponding to inequality and health outcomes studies. Although income inequality and globalization are not direct measures to estimate healthcare productivity in this study, these issues could be latent factors to explain cross-country healthcare productivity for future research. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

PLM system support for modular product development

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Bruun, Hans Peter Lomholt; Mortensen, Niels Henrik; Harlou, Ulf

2015-01-01

A modular design strategy both enables, but also demands, parallelism in design activities and collaboration between a diversity of disciplines in companies, which often involves supporting computer-based tools for enhancing interaction, design management, and communication. Product data management...... (PDM) and product lifecycle management (PLM) systems offer support by automating and managing some of the operational complexity of modular design activities. PLM system tools are used for handling a variety of product definitions, to manage workflow of development activities, and to measure relational...... properties such as cost and performance. Companies often use a PLM tool for management of CAD files, documents, and drawings, but they do not take advantage of the full potential of the PLM system to support the development activities of modular product designs. The key result of this paper...

Waste Measurement Techniques For Lean Companies

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Maciej Pieńkowski

2014-12-01

Full Text Available The paper is dedicated to answer the problem of measuring waste in companies, which are implementing Lean Manufacturing concept. Lack of complex identification, quantification an visualization of waste significantly impedes Lean transformation efforts. This problem can be solved by a careful investigation of Muda, Muri and Mura, which represent the essence of waste in the Toyota Production System. Measuring them facilitates complete and permanent elimination of waste in processes. The paper introduces a suggestion of methodology, which should enable company to quantify and visualize waste at a shop floor level.

Addressing hospital-acquired pressure ulcers: patient care managers enhancing outcomes at the point of service.

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Frumenti, Jeanine M; Kurtz, Abby

2014-01-01

An innovative leadership training program for patient care managers (PCMs) aimed at improving the management of operational failures was conducted at a large metropolitan hospital center. The program focused on developing and enhancing the transformational leadership skills of PCMs by improving their ability to manage operational failures in general and, in this case, hospital-acquired pressure ulcers. The PCMs received 8 weeks of intense training using the Toyota Production System process improvement approach, along with executive coaching. Compared with the control group, the gains made by the intervention group were statistically significant.

US Army TARDEC: Robotics Overview

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2010-03-25

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Improving work processes by making the invisible visible

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Bakker, A.; Hoyles, C.; Kent, P.; Noss, R.

2012-01-01

There is a growing movement for industrial companies to modify their production practices according to methodologies collectively known as process improvement. After World War II, Japanese companies such as Toyota developed new manufacturing paradigms (e.g., lean manufacturing) under the guidance of

Maximising methane production in stressed fermentation systems for swine production units

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Hill, D T

1984-01-01

For economic reasons, digestion systems must be designed to allow the most compact plant. This forces heavy organic loading and relatively short detention times. Consequently, the digestion system is operating in the region approaching instability. An investigation into the effects on methane productivity of the method used to load anaerobic digesters has shown that when operating in regions approaching stress the method of loading plays a major role in maximising energy output. Since the digestion system is designed for steady-state loading, while the actual operating conditions are dynamic, the loading of the system actually varies greatly and is never at steady state. In loading the digestion system, two methods are available. Either Volatile Solids (VS) loading concentration will vary and loading volume remain constant or loading volume will vary and VS loading concentration remain constant. The choice of which operational method is used in a digestion system already operating under heavy loading greatly affects methane productivity. The internal energy usage of the plant also is affected. Results indicate that gross methane production is approximately 33% higher and VS reduction is increased by 28% for the fermentation plant operating with a varying detention time when compared to operating the same plant with a varying loading concentration. (Refs. 14).

Customized Pull Systems for Single-Product Flow Lines

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Gaury, E.G.A.; Kleijnen, J.P.C.; Pierreval, H.

1998-01-01

Traditionally pull production systems are managed through classic control systems such as Kanban, Conwip, or Base stock, but this paper proposes ‘customized’ pull control. Customization means that a given production line is managed through a pull control system that in principle connects each stage

A system dynamics model to determine products mix

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Mahtab Hajghasem

2014-02-01

Full Text Available This paper presents an implementation of system dynamics model to determine appropriate product mix by considering various factors such as labor, materials, overhead, etc. for an Iranian producer of cosmetic and sanitary products. The proposed model of this paper considers three hypotheses including the relationship between product mix and profitability, optimum production capacity and having minimum amount of storage to take advantage of low cost production. The implementation of system dynamics on VENSIM software package has confirmed all three hypotheses of the survey and suggested that in order to reach better mix product, it is necessary to reach optimum production planning, take advantage of all available production capacities and use inventory management techniques.

Expert system for estimating LWR plutonium production

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Sandquist, G.M.

1988-01-01

An Artificial Intelligence-Expert System called APES (Analysis of Proliferation by Expert System) has been developed and tested to permit a non proliferation expert to evaluate the capability and capacity of a specified LWR reactor and PUREX reprocessing system for producing and separating plutonium even when system information may be limited and uncertain. APES employs an expert system coded in LISP and based upon an HP-RL (Hewlett Packard-Representational Language) Expert System Shell. The user I/O interface communicates with a blackboard and the knowledge base which contains the quantitative models required to describe the reactor, selected fission product production and radioactive decay processes, Purex reprocessing and ancillary knowledge

MILK PRODUCTION IN INTEGRATED SYSTEMS: REVIEW

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H. A. Z. Biavatti

2014-09-01

Full Text Available The pasture degradation and thermic stress are in economic trouble for milk producers. The use of silvopastoral system (SSP is an important tool to minimize this loss, since it combines the production and conservation of natural resources, furthermore, provides the producer the potential to diversify the source of income of rural property, it is possible sale or own use of the products generated by the trees as timber, firewood and fruit. With the implementation of the SSP is possible to attenuate the effects of high temperatures caused by direct solar incidence on the animals, providing an ideal thermal comfort zone, resulting in increased production, it will expend less energy so that the animals are able to be as close as possible the necessary thermal comfort. Besides, with the adoption of this system, occurs a minor pasture degradation by promoting the formation of a microclimate favoring their establishment and maintenance, in addition to stabilizing soils, unpacked action of roots and preventing erosion. The purpose of this work was study the main aspects that affect the production of milk, proposing the use of integrated systems to minimize losses from thermal stress and degradation of pastures.

77 FR 19155 - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages; Incorporation by Reference

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... LeSabre, MY 2002 Toyota MR-2, MY 1995 Plymouth Neon, MY 1995 Toyota Previa, MY 2000 Chevrolet S-10, MY... FAD2 2005 VW Passat Pass Pass. 2005 Acura RL Pass Pass. 2005 Toyota Avalon Pass Pass. 2005 Buick... levels of government.'' NHTSA rules can preempt in two ways. First, the National Traffic and Motor...

Salient Feature Identification and Analysis using Kernel-Based Classification Techniques for Synthetic Aperture Radar Automatic Target Recognition

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2014-03-27

22 2.2 Traditional backprojection image of Nissan Maxima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 2.3 SPLIT image output for Nissan Maxima...Toyota Tacoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 2.6 SPLIT canonical shape histogram for Nissan Maxima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2.7 SPLIT...1999) SUV Nissan Maxima Sedan Mazda MPV SUV Mitsubishi Sedan Nissan Sentra Sedan Toyota Avalon Sedan Toyota Tacoma SUV is developed for distinguishing

75 FR 11005 - Final Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard

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77 FR 38024 - Preliminary Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard

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............ SEBRING......... 130 43,022 3.0217 8 TOYOTA LEXUS SC........ 1 335 2.9851 9 CHRYSLER......... DODGE...,199 2.1822 24 TOYOTA CAMRY/SOLARA.... 691 317,754 2.1746 25 GENERAL MOTORS... CHEVROLET MALIBU 381 183...... SATURN VUE...... 4 2,904 1.3774 47 TOYOTA 4RUNNER......... 18 13,345 1.3488 48 NISSAN MAXIMA 89 66,639 1...

Impact of product platforms on lean production systems : evidence from industrial machinery manufacturing

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Alblas, A.A.; Wortmann, J.C.

2012-01-01

The present study describes the effects of product platform changes on lean production systems. Current research into product platforms focuses mostly on the development stage. However, although the initial development of platforms is an important issue, product platforms often evolve during later

Production components and yield of bushing snap bean in conventional and organic production systems

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Guilherme Renato Gomes

2017-10-01

Full Text Available Production systems influence crops differently, mainly in terms of yield. However, there are few studies that have evaluated different bushing snap bean genotypes in different systems. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the production components and yield of bushing snap beans in conventional and organic production systems. The experimental design was a randomized complete block, in a factorial 6 × 2 arrangement, corresponding to six genotypes and two production systems, with three replications. The genotypes Isla Manteiga Baixo®, Isla Macarrão Baixo®, Feltrin Vicenza Amarelo Baixo®, and Feltrin Macarrão Napoli®, UEL 1, and UEL 2 were submitted to the following determinations: days to flowering; plant height; medium number of pods per plant; average pod mass, length, and diameter; and yield of commercial pods. A joint analysis of variance was conducted by applying the F test, with mean comparison performed using the Tukey’s test (p < 0.05. Anthesis of the genotypes Feltrin Vicenza Amarelo Baixo, UEL 2, Isla Macarrão Baixo, and Feltrin Macarrão Napoli is anticipated in the conventional production system. The genotype UEL 2 shows higher precocity in anthesis within the conventional system. The genotypes Isla Manteiga Baixo and UEL 1 produce more pods per plant in the conventional system. In the organic system, the genotype Feltrin Macarrão Napoli produces double the number of pods per plant compared with Isla Manteiga Baixo. The organic system leads to greater plant height and average mass, length, and diameter of pods in relation to the conventional system. The commercial pod yield of bushing snap bean is not altered by differences in the production system or genotype.

The integrated control of production-inventory systems

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Nyen, van P.L.M.

2005-01-01

In this thesis, we investigate a multi-product, multi-machine production-inventory (PI) system that is characterized by: ?? relatively high and stable demand; ?? uncertainty in the precise timing of demand; ?? variability in the production process; ?? job shop routings; ?? considerable setup times

Independence and Product Systems

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Skeide, Michael

2003-01-01

Starting from elementary considerations about independence and Markov processes in classical probability we arrive at the new concept of conditional monotone independence (or operator-valued monotone independence). With the help of product systems of Hilbert modules we show that monotone conditional independence arises naturally in dilation theory.

Evaluation of pig production practices, constraints and opportunities for improvement in smallholder production systems in Kenya.

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Mbuthia, Jackson Mwenda; Rewe, Thomas Odiwuor; Kahi, Alexander Kigunzu

2015-02-01

This study evaluated pig production practices by smallholder farmers in two distinct production systems geared towards addressing their constraints and prospects for improvement. The production systems evaluated were semi-intensive and extensive and differed in remoteness, market access, resource availability and pig production intensity. Data were collected using structured questionnaires where a total of 102 pig farmers were interviewed. Qualitative and quantitative research methods were employed to define the socioeconomic characteristics of the production systems, understanding the different roles that pigs play, marketing systems and constraints to production. In both systems, regular cash income and insurance against emergencies were ranked as the main reasons for rearing pigs. Marketing of pigs was mainly driven by the type of production operation. Finances, feeds and housing were identified as the major constraints to production. The study provides important parameters and identifies constraints important for consideration in design of sustainable production improvement strategies. Feeding challenges can be improved through understanding the composition and proper utilization of local feed resources. Provision of adequate housing would improve the stocking rates and control mating.

NOAA Soil Moisture Products System (SMOPS) Daily Blended Products

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — The Soil Moisture Operational Products System (SMOPS) combines soil moisture retrievals from multiple satellite sensors to provide a global soil moisture map with...

HIGH PRODUCTIVITY VACUUM BLASTING SYSTEM

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McPhee, William S.

1999-01-01

The objective of this project is to improve the productivity and lower the expense of existing vacuum blasting technology. This technology is used to remove radioactive contamination, PCBs, and lead-based paint and provides worker protection by continuously recycling the material and dust for the decontamination tasks. The proposed work would increase the cleaning rate and provide safe and cost-effective decontamination of the DOE sites. This work focuses on redesigning and improving existing vacuum blasting technology including blast head nozzles, ergonomic handling of the blast head by reducing its weight; brush-ring design, vacuum level regulator, efficiency of the dust separator, and operational control sensors. The redesign is expected to enhance the productivity and economy of the vacuum blasting system by at least 50% over current vacuum blasting systems. There are three phases in the project. Phase I consists of developing and testing mathematical models. Phase II consists of pre-prototype design and fabrication and pre-prototype unit testing. Phase III consists of prototype design and field verification testing. In phase I, mathematical models are developed and analyzed for the nozzle, blast head, wind curtain, and dust separator, first as individual devices and then combined as an integrated model. This allows study of respective airflow and design parameters. The Contractor shall, based on the results of the mathematical modeling studies, design experimental models of the components and test these models. In addition, the Contractor shall develop sensors to detect the relationship of the blast head to the blast surfaces and controls to minimize the dependency on an operator's skill and judgment to obtain optimum positioning, as well as real-time characterization sensors to determine as the blast head is moving the depth to which coatings must be removed, thereby improving production and minimizing waste. In phase II, the Contractor shall design and

Production Flexibility in Extensive Beef Farming Systems

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Laura Astigarraga

2011-03-01

Full Text Available The aim of this work is to assess the flexibility of production allowed by extensive production conditions faced with variations in the environment, i.e., market variations and climatic fluctuations, of Limousin beef systems. The study used a case-based methodology in which seven beef farms with less than 1 LU/ha were chosen. Data collection was based on three interviews using a semistructured questionnaire and on the analysis of productive and economic results over a 15-year period (1991-2005. The main evolution of these farms is related to a rise in work productivity associated with an increase in herd size. Herd increase was made possible by enlarging the area, the margin of intensification being limited in these regions. To take advantage of the enlarged land area, females were reared for fattening or for reproduction instead of selling them at weaning. The Limousin female provides a wide product mix because of its plasticity, as has been studied by several researchers. This mix flexibility is achieved by delaying product differentiation, a form of production flexibility that can reduce the risk of under-producing or over-producing varied product configurations. On the other hand, calves sold to the Italian market after weaning are generic products, associated with a flexible production process to overcome fluctuations in forage availability due to climatic variations. The introduction of maize silage for feeding acts as an alternative route, actual and potential, through the system to overcome unexpected forage shortage from natural grasslands as a result of droughts. The study shows that extensive farming systems have developed types of flexibility to match different factors of uncertainty from the environment. Finally, the issue of farm system performance is thus not so much a question of whether a farm is fit at a specific moment in time, but whether it transforms into a less or more sustainable orientation.

Interactive augmented reality system for product design review

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Caruso, Giandomenico; Re, Guido Maria

2010-01-01

The product development process, of industrial products, includes a phase dedicated to the design review that is a crucial phase where various experts cooperate in selecting the optimal product shape. Although computer graphics allows us to create very realistic virtual representations of the products, it is not uncommon that designers decide to build physical mock-ups of their newly conceived products because they need to physically interact with the prototype and also to evaluate the product within a plurality of real contexts. This paper describes the hardware and software development of our Augmented Reality design review system that allows to overcome some issues related to the 3D visualization and to the interaction with the virtual objects. Our system is composed by a Video See Through Head Mounted Display, which allows to improve the 3D visualization by controlling the convergence of the video cameras automatically, and a wireless control system, which allows us to create some metaphors to interact with the virtual objects. During the development of the system, in order to define and tune the algorithms, we have performed some testing sessions. Then, we have performed further tests in order to verify the effectiveness of the system and to collect additional data and comments about usability and ergonomic aspects.

Consumer Intervention Mapping—A Tool for Designing Future Product Strategies within Circular Product Service Systems

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Matt Sinclair

2018-06-01

Full Text Available Re-distributed manufacturing presents a number of opportunities and challenges for New Product Development in a future Circular Economy. It has been argued that small-scale, flexible and localised production systems will reduce resource consumption, lower transport emissions and extend product lifetimes. At the same time smart products within the Internet of Things will gather and report data on user behaviour and product status. Many sustainable design tools have previously been developed but few are able to imagine and develop visions of how future sustainable product service systems might be manifested. This paper introduces the concept of Consumer Intervention Mapping as a tool for creating future product strategies. The tool visualises the points within a product’s lifecycle where stakeholders are able to intervene in the product’s expected journey. This perspective enables the rapid construction of scenarios that explore and describe future circular product service systems. Validation of the tool in three workshops is described and the outcomes are presented. Consumer Intervention Mapping is successful in creating scenarios that describe existing product service systems and new product concepts adapted to a Circular Economy paradigm. Further work is required to refine the tool’s performance in more focused and reflective design exercises.

Prevalence of food production systems in school foodservice.

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Brown, Denise M

2005-08-01

What is the prevalence of central kitchens that use either cook-chill or cook-freeze production systems in school foodservice settings? A descriptive study using a 5-minute telephone survey during normal working hours was conducted. Questions were designed to be easily answered with minimal need to reference other documentation. Five hundred forty school foodservice directors, managers, and supervisors working in school districts of all sizes across the United States were randomly sampled from a national commercial directory of school districts for the study. A total of 353 individuals completed the survey representing 49 of 50 states. Means, standard deviations, and percentages were evaluated for all data collected. Descriptive statistics of school district characteristics, prevalence of production systems, food transport systems, inventory methods and equipment used for reheating food are reported. The most frequently reported production system was on-site kitchens (45.3%) followed by combination production systems (40.5%) where a central kitchen delivered to a number of satellite locations in addition to schools with on-site food preparation. Central kitchens without additional on-site kitchens represented 14.2% of this study. Of those school districts using either central kitchens or combination production systems, 78% reported hot-food preparation using hot-food delivery to satellites. Cook-chill or cook-freeze production systems were reported by 22% of respondents. The high proportion of school districts that prepared and delivered foods hot to satellite sites supports continuing efforts to identify food safety practices and issues related to maintaining food quality in schools.

75 FR 47720 - Final Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard

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A Land Product Characterization System for Comparative Analysis of Satellite Data and Products

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Kevin Gallo

2017-12-01

Full Text Available A Land Product Characterization System (LPCS has been developed to provide land data and products to the community of individuals interested in validating space-based land products by comparing them with similar products available from other sensors or surface-based observations. The LPCS facilitates the application of global multi-satellite and in situ data for characterization and validation of higher-level, satellite-derived, land surface products (e.g., surface reflectance, normalized difference vegetation index, and land surface temperature. The LPCS includes data search, inventory, access, and analysis functions that will permit data to be easily identified, retrieved, co-registered, and compared statistically through a single interface. The system currently includes data and products available from Landsat 4 through 8, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS Terra and Aqua, Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (S-NPP/Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS, and simulated data for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-16 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI. In addition to the future inclusion of in situ data, higher-level land products from the European Space Agency (ESA Sentinel-2 and -3 series of satellites, and other high and medium resolution spatial sensors, will be included as available. When fully implemented, any of the sensor data or products included in the LPCS would be available for comparative analysis.

Corrosion products in power generating systems

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Lister, D.H.

1980-06-01

The important mechanisms of corrosion and corrosion product movement and fouling in the heat transport systems of thermal electric generating stations are reviewed. Oil- and coal-fired boilers are considered, along with nuclear power systems - both direct and indirect cycle. Thus, the fireside and waterside in conventional plants, and the primary coolant and steam-raising circuits in water-cooled reactors, are discussed. Corrosion products in organic- and liquid-metal-cooled reactors also are shown to cause problems if not controlled, while their beneficial effects on the cooling water side of condensers are described. (auth)

Task Management in the New ATLAS Production System

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De, K; The ATLAS collaboration; Klimentov, A; Potekhin, M; Vaniachine, A

2013-01-01

The ATLAS Production System is the top level workflow manager which translates physicists' needs for production level processing into actual workflows executed across about a hundred processing sites used globally by ATLAS. As the production workload increased in volume and complexity in recent years (the ATLAS production tasks count is above one million, with each task containing hundreds or thousands of jobs) there is a need to upgrade the Production System to meet the challenging requirements of the next LHC run while minimizing the operating costs. Providing a front-end and a management layer for petascale data processing and analysis, the new Production System contains generic subsystems that can be used in a wider range of applications. The main subsystems are the Database Engine for Tasks (DEFT) and the Job Execution and Definition Interface (JEDI). Based on users' requests, the DEFT subsystem manages inter-dependent groups of tasks (Meta-Tasks) and generates corresponding data processing workflows. Th...

Task Management in the New ATLAS Production System

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De, K; The ATLAS collaboration; Klimentov, A; Potekhin, M; Vaniachine, A

2014-01-01

The ATLAS Production System is the top level workflow manager which translates physicists' needs for production level processing into actual workflows executed across about a hundred processing sites used globally by ATLAS. As the production workload increased in volume and complexity in recent years (the ATLAS production tasks count is above one million, with each task containing hundreds or thousands of jobs) there is a need to upgrade the Production System to meet the challenging requirements of the next LHC run while minimizing the operating costs. Providing a front-end and a management layer for petascale data processing and analysis, the new Production System contains generic subsystems that can be used in a wider range of applications. The main subsystems are the Database Engine for Tasks (DEFT) and the Job Execution and Definition Interface (JEDI). Based on users' requests, the DEFT subsystem manages inter-dependent groups of tasks (Meta-Tasks) and generates corresponding data processing workflows. Th...

Group decision support system for customer-driven product design

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Lin, Zhihang; Chen, Hang; Chen, Kuen; Che, Ada

2000-10-01

This paper describes the work on the development of a group decision support system for customer driven product design. The customer driven is to develop products, which meet all customer requirements in whole life cycle of products. A process model of decision during product primary design is proposed to formulate the structured, semi-structured and unstructured decision problems. The framework for the decision support system is presented that integrated both advances in the group decision making and distributed artificial intelligent. The system consists of the product primary design tool kit and the collaborative platform with multi-agent structure. The collaborative platform of the system and the product primary design tool kit, including the VOC (Voice of Customer) tool, QFD (Quality Function Deployment) tool, the Conceptual design tool, Reliability analysis tool and the cost and profit forecasting tool, are indicated.

Crossed product algebras associated with topological dynamical systems

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Svensson, Pär Christian

2009-01-01

We study connections between topological dynamical systems and associated algebras of crossed product type. We derive equivalences between structural properties of a crossed product and dynamical properties of the associated system and furthermore derive qualitative results concerning the crossed

Energy Production System Management - Renewable energy power supply integration with Building Automation System

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Figueiredo, Joao; Martins, Joao

2010-01-01

Intelligent buildings, historically and technologically, refers to the integration of four distinctive systems: Building Automation Systems (BAS), Telecommunication Systems, Office Automation Systems and Computer Building Management Systems. The increasing sophisticated BAS has become the 'heart and soul' of modern intelligent buildings. Integrating energy supply and demand elements - often known as Demand-Side Management (DSM) - has became an important energy efficiency policy concept. Nowadays, European countries have diversified their power supplies, reducing the dependence on OPEC, and developing a broader mix of energy sources maximizing the use of renewable energy domestic sources. In this way it makes sense to include a fifth system into the intelligent building group: Energy Production System Management (EPSM). This paper presents a Building Automation System where the Demand-Side Management is fully integrated with the building's Energy Production System, which incorporates a complete set of renewable energy production and storage systems.

The Next Generation ATLAS Production System

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Borodin, Mikhail; The ATLAS collaboration; Golubkov, Dmitry; Klimentov, Alexei; Maeno, Tadashi; Mashinistov, Ruslan; Vaniachine, Alexandre

2015-01-01

The ATLAS experiment at LHC data processing and simulation grows continuously, as more data and more use cases emerge. For data processing the ATLAS experiment adopted the data transformation approach, where software applications transform the input data into outputs. In the ATLAS production system, each data transformation is represented by a task, a collection of many jobs, dynamically submitted by the ATLAS workload management system (PanDA/JEDI) and executed on the Grid, clouds and supercomputers. Patterns in ATLAS data transformation workflows composed of many tasks provided a scalable production system framework for template definitions of the many-tasks workflows. User interface and system logic of these workflows are being implemented in the Database Engine for Tasks (DEFT). Such development required using modern computing technologies and approaches. We report technical details of this development: database implementation, server logic and Web user interface technologies.

Effective management of patients with acute ischemic stroke based on lean production on thrombolytic flow optimization.

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Liang, Zhuoyuan; Ren, Lijie; Wang, Ting; Hu, Huoyou; Li, Weiping; Wang, Yaping; Liu, Dehong; Lie, Yi

2016-12-01

The efficacy of thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) decreases when the administration of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is delayed. Derived from Toyota Production System, lean production aims to create top-quality products with high-efficiency procedures, a concept that easily applies to emergency medicine. In this study, we aimed to determine whether applying lean principles to flow optimization could hasten the initiation of thrombolysis. A multidisciplinary team (Stroke Team) was organized to implement an ongoing, continuous loop of lean production that contained the following steps: decomposition, recognition, intervention, reengineering and assessment. The door-to-needle time (DNT) and the percentage of patients with DNT ≤ 60 min before and after the adoption of lean principles were used to evaluate the efficiency of our flow optimization. Thirteen patients with AIS in the pre-lean period and 43 patients with AIS in the lean period (23 in lean period I and 20 patients in lean period II) were consecutively enrolled in our study. After flow optimization, we reduced DNT from 90 to 47 min (p < 0.001 ¤ ). In addition, the percentage of patients treated ≤60 min after hospital arrival increased from 38.46 to 75.0 % (p = 0.015 ¤ ). Adjusted analysis of covariance confirmed a significant influence of optimization on delay of tPA administration (p < 0.001). The patients were more likely to have a good prognosis (mRS ≤ 2 at 90 days) after the flow optimization (30.77-75.00 %, p = 0.012 ¤ ). Our study may offer an effective approach for optimizing the thrombolytic flow in the management of AIS.

Production Management System for AMS Computing Centres

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Choutko, V.; Demakov, O.; Egorov, A.; Eline, A.; Shan, B. S.; Shi, R.

2017-10-01

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer [1] (AMS) has collected over 95 billion cosmic ray events since it was installed on the International Space Station (ISS) on May 19, 2011. To cope with enormous flux of events, AMS uses 12 computing centers in Europe, Asia and North America, which have different hardware and software configurations. The centers are participating in data reconstruction, Monte-Carlo (MC) simulation [2]/Data and MC production/as well as in physics analysis. Data production management system has been developed to facilitate data and MC production tasks in AMS computing centers, including job acquiring, submitting, monitoring, transferring, and accounting. It was designed to be modularized, light-weighted, and easy-to-be-deployed. The system is based on Deterministic Finite Automaton [3] model, and implemented by script languages, Python and Perl, and the built-in sqlite3 database on Linux operating systems. Different batch management systems, file system storage, and transferring protocols are supported. The details of the integration with Open Science Grid are presented as well.

Manitoba plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) demonstration

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Hoemsen, R. [Red River College, Winnipeg, MB (Canada); Parsons, R. [Government of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB (Canada). Centre for Emerging Renewable Energy

2010-07-01

Manitoba has low electricity rates, the highest proportion of renewables, and a legislated commitment to reduce greenhouse gases. However, the province still relies heavily on oil as everyone else. The mix of energy opportunities in Manitoba were highlighted in this presentation, with particular reference to the commercialization of electric vehicles. Several photographs were presented of the Toyota plug-in hybrid vehicle and a plug-in hybrid electric demonstration vehicle. A demonstration project overview was offered that used technology from A123 Systems Inc. The conversion module and vehicle users were profiled. Topics that were presented related to the demonstration project included monitoring; gasoline fuel economy results; fuel economy variability; cold weather operation; cold weather issues; battery upgrade solutions; and highly qualified personnel. It was concluded that in terms of follow-up, there is a need to combine findings of current plug-in hybrid electric vehicle demonstration with those for the new Toyota production plug-in hybrid vehicles. Key next steps for the demonstration are to address cabin heating requirements; better characterizing winter performance; and implementation of IPLC units on all plug-in hybrid electric vehicles for electricity consumption. figs.

Structural Materials for Efficient Energy Production Systems

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Gomez Briceno, D.

2009-01-01

Increasing the efficiency of electric power production systems implies increasing the operating temperature above those of systems currently in operation. The viability of new systems depends completely on the availability of structural materials that withstand the operating conditions specified in the design: adequate features under mechanical stress at high temperatures and compatibility with the medium. In the case of nuclear systems (fission, fusion), an important requirement is their response to irradiation induced damage. In spite of the significant differences that exist in the design of nuclear power plants, fusion reactors, innovative fission systems, supercritical fossil plants, biomass plants, solar concentration thermal plants, etc., all of them have as a common characteristic the use of resistant materials at high temperatures. The qualification of existing materials for the new and more demanding operating conditions and the development of new materials is one of the challenges faced by the electric power production industry. The science of materials and the understanding of the basic processes that take place in structural materials on exposure to the operating conditions of energy production systems are the tools that are available to obtain safe and economically viable solutions. (Authors) 4 refs.

Development of redesign method of production system based on QFD

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Kondoh, Shinsuke; Umeda, Yasusi; Togawa, Hisashi

In order to catch up with rapidly changing market environment, rapid and flexible redesign of production system is quite important. For effective and rapid redesign of production system, a redesign support system is eagerly needed. To this end, this paper proposes a redesign method of production system based on Quality Function Deployment (QFD). This method represents a designer's intention in the form of QFD, collects experts' knowledge as “Production Method (PM) modules,” and formulates redesign guidelines as seven redesign operations so as to support a designer to find out improvement ideas in a systematical manner. This paper also illustrates a redesign support tool of a production system we have developed based on this method, and demonstrates its feasibility with a practical example of a production system of a contact probe. A result from this example shows that comparable cost reduction to those of veteran designers can be achieved by a novice designer. From this result, we conclude our redesign method is effective and feasible for supporting redesign of a production system.

Research and development of HTTR hydrogen production systems

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Shiozawa, Shusaku; Ogawa, Masuro; Inagaki, Yoshiyuki; Onuki, Kaoru; Takeda, Tetsuaki; Nishihara, Tetsuo; Hayashi, Koji; Kubo, Shinji; Inaba, Yoshitomo; Ohashi, Hirofumi

2002-01-01

The Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) has constructed the High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) with a thermal output of 30MW and a reactor out let coolant temper at ure of 950 .deg. C. There search and development (R and D) program on nuclear production of hydrogen was started on January in 1997 as a study consigned by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. A hydrogen production system connected to the HTTR is being designed to be able to produce hydrogen of about 4000m 3 /h by steam reforming of natural gas, using a nuclear heat of 10MW supplied by the HTTR hydrogen production system. In order to confirm controllability, safety and performance of key components in the HTTR hydrogen production system, the facility for the out-of-pile test was constructed on the scale of approximately 1/30 of the HTTR hydrogen production system. In parallel to the out-of-pile test, the following tests as essential problem, a corrosion test of a reforming tube, a permeation test of hydrogen isotopes through heat exchanger and reforming tubes, and an integrity test of a high-temperature isolation valve are carried out to obtain detailed data for safety review and development of analytical codes. Other basis studies on the hydrogen production technology of thermochemical water splitting called an iodine sulfur (IS) process, has been carried out for more effective and various uses of nuclear heat. This paper describes the present status and a future plan on the R and D of the HTTR hydrogen production systems in JAERI

77 FR 58500 - Final Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard

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2012-09-21

....0217 8 TOYOTA LEXUS SC 1 335 2.9851 9 CHRYSLER DODGE AVENGER....... 197 67,604 2.9140 10 KIA RIO 55 18....1822 24 TOYOTA CAMRY/SOLARA........ 691 317,754 2.1746 25 GENERAL MOTORS...... CHEVROLET MALIBU.... 381......... SATURN VUE 4 2,904 1.3774 47 TOYOTA 4RUNNER 18 13,345 1.3488 48 NISSAN MAXIMA 89 66,639 1.3356 49 NISSAN...

78 FR 41016 - Preliminary Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard

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2013-07-09

... MOTORS..... CHEVROLET CAMARO.. 196 97,518 2.0099 21 MERCEDES-BENZ...... S-CLASS 19 9,652 1.9685 22 TOYOTA... 62,836 1.6074 32 TOYOTA CAMRY/SOLARA...... 781 486,288 1.6060 33 FORD MOTOR CO...... TAURUS 118 76,821 1.5360 34 TOYOTA YARIS 38 24,850 1.5292 35 AUDI AUDI A3 10 6,734 1.4850 36 CHRYSLER 300 42 28,373...

The Navy’s Superior Supplier Incentive Program: Analysis of Supplier Proposed Benefits

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2015-12-01

rather than “short-term, easy, expendable and replaceable sources of goods and services” (Carter & Choi, 2008, p. 2). Japanese automakers Toyota ...was the key element behind Toyota and Honda’s strategic successes. Under the supplier keiretsu, the automakers worked closely with the selected...suppliers to achieve mutually beneficial objectives. Toyota and Honda implemented the keiretsu model in their North American plants and achieved

Modernizing the Regulatory System for Biotechnology Products

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This Web page describes the continuing effort to modernize the federal regulatory system for biotechnology products as well as clarify various roles of EPA, FDA and USDA in evaluating new biotechnology products.

Analisis Pengaruh Bauran Pemasaran Terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Mobil Merek Toyota Agya (Studi Kasus Pada Toyota Auto 2000 Sisingamangaraja Medan)

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Maha, Kevin Allan

2016-01-01

Marketing mix is a set of tactical marketing tool and controlled by the company combined to produce the desired response target market consist of product , price , distribution channels and promotion . The concept of modern marketing orientation on the needs and desires of consumers . The first step of this strategy to understand the wants, needs and tastes of consumers (customer is king ) . If the car industry wants to continue to exist in the automotive market , it must remain consistent wi...

Testing improvements in the chocolate traceability system: Impact on product recalls and production efficiency

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Saltini, Rolando; Akkerman, Renzo

2012-01-01

hypothetical improvements of the traceability system within the chocolate production system and supply chain and we illustrate the resulting benefits by using a case study. Based on the case study, we quantify the influence of these improvements on production efficiency and recall size in case of a safety......The primary aim of food traceability is to increase food safety, but traceability systems can also bring other benefits to production systems and supply chains. In the literature these benefits are extensively discussed, but studies that quantify them are scarce. In this paper we propose two...... crisis by developing a simulation tool. These results are aimed to illustrate and quantify the additional benefits of traceability information, and could help food industries in deciding whether and how to improve their traceability systems....

FY 1997 survey report on information sharing product life-cycle systems. 2; 1997 nendo joho kyoyugata product life cycle system ni kansuru chosa hokokusho. 2

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1998-03-01

Highly value-added products considering a total life-cycle of products by integrating both production and consumption activities are much in demand, and each information corresponding to each product should be realized by concept integrating both information and product as common element. Survey was made on what a social system integrating production and consumption should be, a product information model, and technology integrating both information and product for raw material, industrial machine and household appliance as examples. An information model shared by the whole production and consumption activities was first prepared. Based on this model, data storage, update, retrieval and dispatch technologies were surveyed and developed for life-cycle systems. Degradation and life sensing technology was surveyed for maintenance, repair and disposal activities using proper unstable information of each product. A support system for use of shared information was developed to promote a new highly value-added function. Total evaluation was made on information sharing product life-cycle systems. 10 refs., 23 figs., 7 tabs.

Developing and promoting OKP production system: a JIT production planning approach

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Samavati, Mehran

2011-10-01

The role of production in competitive system of market on one hand and the changing conditions of market on the other hand has caused the need for more developed planning in such environments. The general purpose of the present research is to realize One-of- a- Kind- Product model (OKP) that is developed in two stages. In OKP model presented in 1994 only one sample of each product is produced and only one production method is considered for each product. In order to make OKP model more real and to use it in promoting more production methods, the following developments were made in this research: 1-First Development: Considering various methods for producing each product. 2-Second Development: Producing more than one sample of each product, while considering various production methods for each product. These models promoted OKP model of 1994. They can be used in more diversified production methods in order to promote them. In present model, while describing the main OKP model new models are provided as well. The significance of OKP has been described in Introduction

Radical production in biological systems

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Johnson, J.R.; Akabani, G.

1994-10-01

This paper describes our effort to develop a metric for radiation exposure that is more fundamental than adsorbed dose and upon which a metric for exposure to chemicals could be based. This metric is based on the production of radicals by the two agents. Radicals produced by radiation in biological systems commonly assumed to be the same as those produced in water despite the presence of a variety of complex molecules. This may explain why the extensive efforts to describe the relationship between energy deposition (track structure) and molecular damage to DNA, based on the spectrum of radicals produced, have not been successful in explaining simple biological effects such as cell killing. Current models assume that DNA and its basic elements are immersed in water-like media and only model the production and diffusion of water-based radicals and their interaction with DNA structures; these models lack the cross sections associated with each macro-component of DNA and only treat water-based radicals. It has been found that such models are not realistic because DNA is not immersed in pure water. A computer code capable of simulating electron tracks, low-energy electrons, energy deposition in small molecules, and radical production and diffusion in water like media has been developed. This code is still in at a primitive stage and development is continuing. It is being used to study radical production by radiation, and radical diffusion and interactions in simple molecular systems following their production. We are extending the code to radical production by chemicals to complement our PBPK modeling efforts. It therefore has been developed primarily for use with radionuclides that are in biological materials, and not for radiation fields

Conceptual design of the HTTR-IS hydrogen production system

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Sakaba, Nariaki; Sato, Hiroyuki; Hara, Teruo; Kato, Ryoma; Ohashi, Kazutaka; Nishihara, Tetsuo; Kunitomi, Kazuhiko

2007-08-01

Since hydrogen produced by nuclear should be economically competitive compared with other methods in a hydrogen society, it is important to build hydrogen production system to be coupled with the reactor as a conventional chemical plant. Japan Atomic Energy Agency started the safety study to establish a new safety philosophy to meet safety requirements for non-nuclear grade hydrogen production system. Also, structural concepts with integrating functions for the Bunsen reactor and sulphuric acid decomposer were proposed to reduce construction cost of the IS process hydrogen production system. In addition, HI decomposer which enables the process condition to be eased consisting of conventional materials and technologies was studied. Moreover, technical feasibility of the HTTR-IS system in which the hydrogen production rate of 1,000 Nm 3 /h by using the supplied heat of 10 MW from the intermediate heat exchanger of the HTTR was confirmed. This paper describes the conceptual design of the HTTR-IS hydrogen production system. (author)

System-theoretic analysis of due-time performance in production systems

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Jacobs David; Meerkov Semyon M.

1995-01-01

Along with the average production rate, the due-time performance is an important characteristic of manufacturing systems. Unlike the production rate, the due-time performance has received relatively little attention in the literature, especially in the context of large volume production. This paper is devoted to this topic. Specifically, the notion of due-time performance is formalized as the probability that the number of parts produced during the shipping period reaches the required shipme...

Product prioritization in a two-stage food production system with intermediate storage