CHAPTER - 8: Partnership with suppliers [08'30'']

• The Toyota way: a long-term partnership

  • Historical suppliers

  • Replacement of suppliers

  • What do suppliers have to fear?

  • The expected level of quality

  • The "Bad News First"

• Protect suppliers and help them to progress

  • Project phase

    • The Toyota project team

    • Supplier assessment risk matrix

    • Keep the supplier

    • Regular monitoring

  • Mass production phase

    • Improvement plans

  • Integrate the residents into Toyota Production sites

  • Team work

    • Integrate suppliers into TPS production units

    • Common sites to share Toyota principles

•  Why this type of partnership with suppliers is almost never copied?

  • Non-standardization of Lean principles

  • Misunderstanding of Toyota's principles

  • Difficulty in calculating the costs

  • A significant investment of time

• Exercise