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Abegglen and Stalk chronicle the struggle of Japan's Yanmar Diesel. It was 1975, in the midst of the worst domestic recession since the Korean war. Yanmar looked to Toyota for guidance. They followed Toyota's advice, and adopted the Toyota Production System, or Kanban (card) system. Many Western observers call it the Just in Time system (JIT), though that is just part of it. By any name, what Yanmar accomplished, during a recession, without dramatically increasing volume or radically refocusing its factory, was... ... read the 212 words that used to be in this web article by buying... |
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