- OHNO’S BOOK
- _ THE “BIBLE” OF THE
TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEMTy was the oif shock in the fall of 1973 that drew attention to our Toyota
production system. This was because in the slow-growth economy which followed,
Toyota Motor Company showed a relatively stronger resistance to recession than
‘other companies.
The Toyota production system was a response to the state of the automobile
inaustry in Japan after the war, namely: