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Chapter 5 Part 1 – Manufacturing – Lessons From The Masters: What It Takes To Run a Car Company

November 13, 2026 by sean Leave a Comment

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I. Automotive Manufacturing History
– Henry Ford and the Moving Assembly Line
– Kiichiro Toyoda, Taichi Ohno, and the Origins of the Toyota Production System (TPS)
– Post-WWII US Manufacturing Mentality and the Quality Deficit
II. Leadership
– Dennis Pawley and Shamel Rushwin
– Plant Management (Gino Raffin and Adrian Vito)
III. Metrics
– SQDCM Metrics (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Morale)
IV. Culture
– The Formula for Change ($H times F times V greater than R$)
– Corporate Training Skits and Simulations
V. Lean Enterprise
– Five Lean Principles (Value, Value Stream Mapping, Flow, Pull System, Pursue Perfection)
– Types of Waste: DOWNTIME (Defects, Overproduction, Waiting, Non-utilized Talent, Transportation, Inventory, Motion, Extra-Processing)
– Lean Tools (Gemba, Jidoka, Poka Yoke, Andon, 5S, Just-In-Time, One-piece Continuous Flow, Cycle/Takt Time, Work Cells, Kanban, Standardized Work)
– Discipline and Dedication

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