... created by the end of next year Jobs Where They’re Needed The recipient reports show that the Recovery Act is creating jobs where they are needed the most, in parts of the country experiencing particularly ... 640,329, yielding a jobs number—almost 1.3 million inthe high range of those inthe table That value is very broadly comparable to the estimates in Table of the total jobs created or saved by the entire ... directly by the Recovery Act spend their wages at businesses around the country, creating even more jobs What The Recipient Reports Don’t Include • • Omitted Categories of Spending: Since recipient...
... Lexus Chapter TheToyotaWayin Action: New Century, New Fuel, NewDesignProcess—Prius Part Two The Business Principles of theToyotaWay Section I Long-Term Philosophy Chapter Principle 1: Base ... As a way of showing theToyotaWayin action, you will see how theToyotaWay was applied to the development of the Lexus and the Prius In Part Two I cover the 14 principles of theToyotaWay ... Heart of theToyota Production System: Eliminating Waste Chapter The 14 Principles of theToyota Way: An Executive Summary of the Culture Behind TPS Chapter TheToyotaWayin Action: The "No Compromises"...
... TMMK was going to be the degree to which the company could in short—establish theToyotaWay They didn’t call it theToyotaWay then It was just thewayToyota did things.” TheToyota Production ... when they follow the right process, they get the right results While some of the things you should inthe name of theToyotaWay bring immediate dollars to the bottom line, such as shedding inventory ... of theToyotaWay More than anyone, they must exemplify the philosophy in everything they do: the decisions they make and how they go about making the decisions They must be teachers of the Toyota...
... if there is a finish line inthe process Rapid results and large gains are, of course, part of the allure of theToyota Way, and there is nothing wrong with the expectation of large benefits The ... waste for another (like trading cards) The key is to think about where the waste is and in what state it is In other words, is it in finished goods? Is it in WIP? Does the inventory serve the process ... 2004, they were well on theway to achieving these aggressive goals And inthe process, TPS was tightening up 52 THETOYOTAWAY FIELDBOOK across the operations, leading to major improvements in...
... counterintuitive thinking that perplexes bottom-line thinkers TheToyotaWay suggests that “failing” and correcting the shortcoming is a way to improve results for the long term Traditional thinking, ... to the next process The inventory triangles inthe current state diagram show the result—inventory Inthe case of seat designs, it was an inventory of information the designs—accumulating in ... constraining, maintain the defined agreement In a push system there is no defined agreement between the supplier and the customer regarding the quantity of work to be supplied and when The supplier...
... products, including the “Other” items, is leveled In fact the “Other” items and the quantities will vary, and it is possible to make adjustments by increasing or decreasing the total running time if the ... every day at any cost The focus in mass manufacturing is in getting the mass In lean the focus is on eliminating waste Not that Toyota wants the line to stop Excessive line stoppage would severely ... stoppages, simplifying management of the value stream Point of Control for Managing Inventory The point of control for inventory management is the kanban Reducing the number of kanbans within the system...
... humanmachine systems.” InToyotathe responsibility for bringing any new production equipment into the plant belongs to production engineering Learning TPS is part of the 208 THETOYOTAWAY FIELDBOOK ... stop (e.g., Line A), but the other lines (B and C) will continue, provided there is product inthe buffer If the stop time exceeds the capacity of the buffer, the following line will then stop due ... ends of the long sheet (almost 20 inches apart) There’s no visual delineation between lines on the sheet, making it easy to cross into the next line The sheets are behind the machine, where the employee...
... for information and data sharing At the TTC in Michigan there is a design -in room, where competing suppliers work inthe same room on the same project for ToyotaDesign -in requires the most intensive ... 286 THETOYOTAWAY FIELDBOOK Clearly when the supplier is involved inthedesign -in process and has engineers on site, they are in close communication with Toyota engineers But the nature of the ... and includes intense screening, including visiting the homes of prospective employees to see them in their family environment Metalsa invests heavily in training its people and considers their...
... challenging issue Inthe meantime, the “low hanging fruit” is falling from the tree! Examining a Problem in Reverse Now let’s look at the causal chain from the sensei’s point of view First, he begins ... chain and not the high-level problem he’s looking for The sensei takes the engineer to the end of the line to observe flow In a few minutes he notices that the flow stops Sensei: Why did the line ... Engineer: No The problem is the robot Sensei: Well, let’s go to the line and look As the sensei and engineer proceed to the line, the engineer wants to take the sensei to the robot to show him the...
... such an obviously good thing? The main issue is whether the cart is being put in front of the horse TheToyotaWay is based on action and learning by doing The built -in belief is that people ... implementation right away Sometimes this starts by 396 THETOYOTAWAY FIELDBOOK clearing the floor of the current process, painting the floor, then moving equipment back inthenew layout ◆ Thursday: ... some reactions and some input If you are not open to the input, there is no point in showing it to them The A3 is then modified as you go In some cases it’s the product of a team project, and the...
... down Toyota, then theToyota crew jumps into action and begins to teach the supplier theToyotaWay They may not call it that, but they’re teaching all the principles described in this book In ... hearing the layout decision Four days later Yoshina received an invitation to meet with the industrial engineer on the project Inthe meeting, the engineer reported that after talking with the ... considering the complex interactions between these and the machines themselves Yoshina, as an experienced practitioner of theToyota Way, knew that spending a few dollars more on good tooling and...
... evaluations of the case study projects, and the comparisons with the theoretical model of theToyota Way, the findings have enhanced the understanding of ToyotaWay practices inthe Chinese construction ... 12.2.2 Assessing Toyota Way- styled practices inthe Chinese construction industry 361 12.2.3 Understanding the challenges inthe implementation of theToyotaWay 363 12.2.4 ToyotaWay implementation ... operationalize the underlying principles and behaviours of theToyotaWay into measurable parameters Moreover, comparing the status quo in LCCFs with each ToyotaWay principle would outline the gaps...
... makes the approaching typhoons to dissipate quickly but their intensities remain significant The coastline in this region is inthe NorthwestSoutheast direction, which coincides with the path of the ... of the coastline Winds acting on this sub-region are generated from strong typhoons directly approaching the coastline between Hai Phong and Ninh Binh, the coastline of Thanh Hoa and the southern ... Ninh province Inthe Red River Delta, the most affected area extends to the west approximately 100 to 150 km from the coastline The coastal areas of 20 to 40 km from the coastline in Quang Ninh...
... from the city center TheNew Town includes three components: Bac Linh Dam (North of Linh Dam), Linh Dam peninsula inthe middle and Linh Dam expansion (South of Linh Dam) The success of the project ... north Linh Dam, following the third ring road to approach the main axes However, the ring road seems to split the area into two parts making it difficult for spatial connection to each other The ... (located inthe south-west of Hanoi) deserves one of thenew urban models, dealing with the high-density development inthe south-west of Hanoi By learning from the planning of Linh Dam New Town,...
... nặng nhọc với mức thu nhập thấp, kéo theo điều kiện sống mức tối thiểu, tạm bợ khu nhà trọ rẻ tiền với điều kiện sinh hoạt an ninh không đảm bảo Đời sống tinh thần lao động hạn chế Họ thấy cô ... làm việc chợ lao động thuê trọ theo ngày (đêm), lại thuê nhà theo tháng Có khoảng 22,86% nữ lao động tự phải sống nơi có điều kiện sinh hoạt không đảm bảo, vệ sinh; 40,95% không sử dụng nước ... vật chất, tinh thần lao động nghèo nàn Họ thường tiêu tiết kiệm cho khoản chi phí sinh hoạt thiết yếu Có 22,86% nữ lao động tự phải sống nơi có điều kiện sinh hoạt thiếu thốn, vệ sinh Họ thường...
... confirms the hypothesis that the silk is indeed present in two states, soluble and insoluble, the latter being in some way protected from dissolution in water The peculiarity of the WSM led to the ... of the biomineral nacre, by bypassing the demineralization step We think that it may present a new perception of how the different fractions of the organic matrix are organized inthe biomineral ... characterize these proteins are presently in progress Above all these distinctions, the global amino acid composition showed clearly that the proteins extracted by the two methods are not the same On the...
... keep in mind both what the Englishman was doing inNew Zealand, and what theNew Zealander was doing in England, during those same months of the year 1820 They will meet again next year inthe ... of the heathen; but their religious lessons should be given whilst they were instructing the Maoris inthe building of a house, the forging of a bolt, or the spinning of their native flax Such ... Hall; the Midlands supplied a shoemaker, John King These were given further technical training—Hall in shipbuilding, King in rope-making By the month of August, 1809, they were ready for their...
... supposed to be the chief factor in knowledge, psychologists took a prime interest inthe organs that were the windows of the mind, and inthe details of their functioning; other things were accorded ... beginning with the early Church Fathers and culminating inthe great Scholastics But, at last, its generative ideas—sin and salvation, nature and grace, unity, infinity, and kingdom—had done their ... pre-rationative, but not pre-rational It is the starting point of all intellection inthe human sense, and is more general than thinking, fancying, or taking action For the brain is not merely a great transmitter,...
... limits individuals from exploring life and developing their idea of happiness when "happiness" is already predetermined in their minds According to Huxley, his " chief strategy was to show that the ... allowing constant happiness People are rewarded for work by receiving rations of soma The soma ration varies according to the social classes, with the lowest classes receiving the least, and the ... warns of is the advance in pharmacology In Brave New World, an artificial form of happiness is present in a drug called soma Soma propels the user into a hallucinatory dream world, providing relief...
... respect to the other P argus trypsins Leu content in PaTry4 (9.24%) was almost double that in all other trypsins in Fig except Astacide trypsins Interestingly, the Arg content in PaTry4 (3.61%) ... at the junction of the two barrels Another conserved characteristic of lobster trypsins is the presence of calcium-binding sites (Fig 3C) The calcium-binding motif does not occur in many invertebrate ... despite the presence of calcium-binding sites, Ca2+ affected neither the activity nor the stability of crab trypsin because there are no accessible autolysis sites inthe N-terminal domain, which...