"Toyota
Production System (TPS)" by Scott Meza of Toyota Supplier
Support Center
Abstract
At
TSSC, Inc. we have had the opportunity to work with
numerous different types of companies and processes.
A major difficulty that we face is that people do not
understand what the Toyota Production System is. Therefore
we will be presenting to you our thoughts on the basic
thinking and how this acts as a foundation for TPS.
In addition to the above we will be discussing how the
technical aspects are designed to help achieve this
thinking and the importance of human development in
moving towards true north or the ideal condition.
Scott
Meza
Scott
Meza is a specialist at TSSC, Inc. He spends his time
split between doing Toyota Production System workshops,
presentations and shop floor work with one of TSSC's
project companies. He is a graduate of Waseda University
in Tokyo, Japan where he earned and MBA in international
business with a specialization in operations management.
He also has presented at many major conferences such
as AME, and Shingo prize. In addition to this Mr. Meza
was a guest lecture at MIT's Leadership for Manufacturing
masters program.