For the final project, you will create a case study based on a company of your choice. The case study should include at least 5 of the concepts that we have discussed in this course. The case study...

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TOYOTA: LEADING MANUFACTURER OF AUTOMOILES
Introduction
    Toyota, the leading manufacture of automobiles worldwide was founded in the year 1937 by Toyoda Family. The business was not successful until Eiji Toyoda a new model called the method of lean production. This new method was introduced after the studying the Ford’s Rough plant situated at Detroit in the year 1950. This new method became to be known as Toyota Production System. Taiichi Ohho was the production executive who successfully helped the company to use the new method of production and changed the way the company had been thinking. (Chiarini, A., & Vagnoni, E. (2015). )The company is the no car maker in Japan with its variety of models. It has presence over more than one hundred and seventy countries. Toyota manufactures cars, pick up vehicles, Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and full sized pick up trucks. Leading models under SUV category includes Camry, Corolla, 4Runner, Land Cruiser, Sienna, the luxury Lexus line.     
    The company was able to develop trusted
and all over the world with cost effective, quality, good performance and environmental friendly models. Maintaining high quality is the reason for making the number automobile
and in the world. Continuous innovation is another major factor that lead to company’s success. The company has been in the forefront innovation in automobile industry. Toyota was the first global automobile manufacture that introduced lean manufacturing method in manufacturing, this was known as Toyota Production System . This new method is faster and more efficient process that results less waste compared to the traditional batch and que method of production. It has also applied Just in Time Manufacturing (JIT). Introduction of lean manufacturing method has helped the company achieve efficiency in manufacturing and other production process and reduce the average cost of production. This has give the company competitive advantage in the market and helped the company to become number two position in the global market.
The Company
    Toyota the 7th largest company and world second largest car manufacturing firm in the world. At Toyota Employees have two roles: one is their own and assurance of quality. Toyota invented the concept of just in time commonly know as JIT in the year 1938.( Chiarini, A., & Vagnoni, E. (2015). ) The objective of this new concepts was not only reduce the quantity of inventory but to reduce the quantity of inventory with defects that would have been written off or co
ect. Building up of large stock with many defect had resulted in the increase the manufacturing cost. The concept of just in time has helped the company save this wasteful cost. Just in Time and this culture of quality evolved into the Toyota Production System and its more generic equivalent, Lean Manufacturing, which is the benchmark for manufacturing organisations across the globe. What is actually the meaning of Lean Manufacturing is depicted graphically below.
What is Toyota Production System?
    Toyota Production system is the adoption of method of lean manufacturing to achieve efficiency in manufacturing, sales and after sales service.
Moving the assembly unit is Kaizan from the concept of the move the metal. This has helped the Toyota to have manufacturing base at the centre of market. Souring of raw materials and sending to depot and despatching it to the required market at cost effective way. Lean manufacturing stopped assembly lines in order to co
ect problem in manufacturing instead of continuing with the problems. As a result of shift of manufacturing point to Kaizan quality improves and resulted un yield reaching 100%. (Chiarini, A., & Vagnoni, E. (2015).)
    As a part of the introduction of lean manufacturing there were innovation in product development and changes in engineering. This change has focussed on management staff that new all steps of a process rather than staff with highly specialized skills, knowledge. Emphasis was given to employee who think proactively in the manufacturing process. The new change introduced in the human resource has resulted increase in labour productivity and quality in production and also resulted increased responsiveness to changes in consumers taste and preferences.
Features of Lean Manufacturing Model
Transfer maximum number of jobs to those employees who add value to the automobiles on the line.
It is has built system of identifying defects and traces every problem and finding ultimate cause of defects.
Due to its inbuilt features the system needs a tight team work and open communication system.
Four areas of importance:
Leadership is the first area of importance. Company’s large project leader became the coordinator for Western coordinator. Second area of importance is the team work. From many functions, ties with department, and general interest in promoting team, not department. Third area of importance is the effective communication system. Conflicts in the company was resolved at the beginning. Simultaneous development is the fourth area of importance.
Competitive Advantage of Toyota in the...