Toyota Production System Streamlining for Guide Dogs Harnesses

The efficient processes and philosophy of the Toyota Production System (TPS) have been applied in countless industries. And now, as part of Toyota GB’s three-year partnership with Guide Dogs, this system has been utilised to improve the efficiency of the charity’s harness-making process.

Toyota’s Genchi Genbutsu production pillar dictates that the best way of understanding any process or issue is to see and experience it first-hand. In line with this philosophy, an expert from Toyota’s Lean Management Centre at the Deeside engine plant was sent to visit the harness workshop at the Guide Dogs National Breeding Centre in Warwickshire.

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