Toyota's Competitive Advantage

What is the name of the system developed by Toyota for making products faster, cheaper, and better?

• Agile Manufacturing

• Lean Manufacturing

• Traditional Manufacturing

• Mass Manufacturing

Who founded the motor company Toyota in 1937?

• Taiichi Ohno

• Eiji Toyoda

• Sakichi Toyoda

• Kiichiro Toyoda

What was the turning point for Toyota's Production System in the early fifties?

• Visiting Ford's River Rouge plant

• Developing the 'Just In Time' system

• Modeling the production line on a supermarket

• Developing the 'Kanban' scheduling method

What did Taiichi Ohno model the production line on?

• A retail store

• A supermarket

• A warehouse

• A factory

What did Ohno develop as a sign-based scheduling method?

• Kanban

• RFID tags

• QR codes

• Bar codes

What did Ohno place above every station to stop the entire assembly if a problem was spotted?

• A button

• A lever

• A switch

• A cord

What is the culture of continuous, incremental improvement called in the Toyota Production System?

• Kanban

• Kaizen

• Lean

• Agile

In which year did Toyota produce one million vehicles?

• 1972

• 1962

• 1952

• 1982

What was the average time taken by Toyota to produce a car in 1972?

• 1.6 man hours

• 2.5 man hours

• 3.0 man hours

• 4.2 man hours

Which company restructured a plant to better suit the Toyota Production System?

• Boeing

• General Motors

• Intel

• Ford