Research Report on Toyota Motor Corporation: Importance of Integrated Production System in a Manufacturing firm to Improve Productivity

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1. Introduction

The main idea of this work is to examine the importance of the integrated production system and its implementation in the manufacturing industry. This can be applied in Toyota Motor Corporation a multinational corporation in automotive manufacturing industry operating all over the world.

In the area of production and operation management system, various researchers and experts (Groover, 2007; Metaxiotis, et al., 2001; Lejtman, et al. 2002) have researched the notion of integrated production system over a long period of time, thus it has achieved an extensive attention all over the world, especially in the manufacturing industry. For instance, Groover explained the integrated production system as the combination of both vertical and horizontal manufacturing and production techniques to improve the production process and capabilities of the firm (Groover, 2007).

Additionally, Metaxiotis, et al., 2001 and Lejtman, et al. 2002 have presented a detail analysis of production system and its importance in the manufacturing firms to improve the productivity of the company and create a competitive advantage. It has been accepted by all the manufacturing organizations that the concept of integrated production system ensures long term success of the firm and the detail knowledge about the vertical and horizontal integration of production facilities has become a prime source to create competitive advantage over the competitors.

According to the point of view of various authors (Chary, 2006; Jin Vonderembse and Ragu-Nathan, 2001) concentration of the technological resources and flexibility to execute integrated production system would require greater financial cost and experts in the field of operations and production for i...

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