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Article by Gary Convis - Toyota Production System and Lean Manufacturing
Gary Convis is Executive Vice President, Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America. Articles by and quoting Gary Convis.
- Toyota's Globalization Takes Shape through the Camry by Gary Convis, Aug 2006
"The fact is though& we have many advantages right here at home if we truly work together to leverage our full capabilities.
To be a successful automaker or supplier in today's competitive world, I believe every single person involved in your value chain must fully understand the company's mission and direction, and execute their roles perfectly to move toward shared goals."
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- Management Briefing - Toyota by Gary Convis, Aug 2006
"To be a successful automaker or supplier in todays competitive world, I believe every single person involved in your value chain must fully understand the companys mission and direction, and execute their roles perfectly to move toward shared goals."
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- Role of Management in a Lean Manufacturing Environment by Gary Convis, Jul 2001
"Since this column is meant to link automotive engineers with lean manufacturing, I would like to share my personal experience as a mechanical engineer who started out in the traditional way of manufacturing, and along the way discovered a much better way - the Toyota Production System." Gary Convis is the President of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky.
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Articles on TPS and Lean Manufacturing
- Role of Management in a Lean Manufacturing Environment by Gary Convis, Jul 2001
"Since this column is meant to link automotive engineers with lean manufacturing, I would like to share my personal experience as a mechanical engineer who started out in the traditional way of manufacturing, and along the way discovered a much better way - the Toyota Production System." Gary Convis is the President of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky.
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- Breaking the Rice Ceiling by Jenny Rode, Feb 2006
Gary Convis "broke the rice ceiling again when he was named a managing officer for Toyota, one of only 39 employees worldwide to hold the post. Only three of the company's managing officers aren't Japanese."
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- Quality Conversation With Gary Convis by Norman Bodek, Nov 2003
"The other pillar of the Toyota way is respect for people and honesty. If you don.t have respect for people who work for the company, you.re in the wrong business."
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- Construction Executive Lessons from the Toyota Visit by Hal Macomber, May 2006
Lessons include: "Stopping to fix the problem - jidoka - could lead to far fewer quality problems... Establish standard work - the currently understood best way - for key project operations."
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- The American way at Toyota by Scott Sloan, Jul 2007
"Both American leaders of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky in Georgetown once worked at the Fremont site. Recently retired chairman Gary Convis started working for Toyota at the plant in 1984; he came to Georgetown in 2000. St. Angelo had two stints at NUMMI as a GM employee, the latter of which included time as a vice president of the plant."
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More lean manufacturing articles - articles by Jim Womack.
Curious Cat Management Improvement blog posts on the Toyota Production System (TPS)
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