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Basic TPS Handbook
Art Smalley · Art of Lean manual 1996
An introductory handbook written by Art Smalley in 1996 that presents key concepts of the Toyota Production System in summary form. It opens with a brief history of TPS and the goals of the system, then covers the two pillars, respect for people, jidoka, standardization, just in time, pull production, kanban, level production, takt time, flow production, and equipment reliability, closing with a glossary of terms.