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Field notes from the floor.

The thinking, the proof, and the deeper research behind authentic TPS deployment.

Field Notes

From the shop floor. Not the conference room.

Practical writing on Toyota Production System implementation, kaizen, Jishuken, standardized work, and the realities of operational transformation — from OMDD & TSSC trained practitioners.

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They didn't need another kaizen event. They needed to learn how to manage.

Kaizen events deliver a step-change, then the gains quietly erode. The fix isn't another event — it's the management system that turns a sawtooth into a staircase.

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Authentic TPS applied to real operations — and the numbers that followed.

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The 8-Phase Factory Performance System

A TPS operating system, built phase by phase.

Grounded in the same TSSC model-line methodology Toyota uses to develop suppliers. We don't drop tools — we stand up a system that compounds.

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From diagnosis to standard work
1Gemba AssessmentTwo-day floor evaluation
2Value-Stream StabilizationExpose the real constraints
3Model-Line BuildProve flow on one line
4Jishuken KaizenIntensive improvement events
5Standard Work & LeadershipTeam & Group Leader development
Phases 6–8 · OEE/TPM · Hoshin cascade · Self-sustaining
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