Quality Control (QC)
Georgetown, KY
TPS Principles
Seats
100
The final location where cars queue if deemed to need repair
What is the Clinic Area
100
The Georgetown, KY auto plant was modeled after this Japanese plant.
What is Tsutsumi
100
Toyota's term for distributing volume and different specifications over the span of production
What is Heijunka
100
This is the location where cars were parked to await replacement seats
What is the Overflow Parking Area
200
The device used to signal an assembly defect.
What is the andon cord
200
This is the model car first produced at the Georgetown plant
What is the Toyota Camry
200
The practice of preventing defective items from being passed to the next area of production.
What is Jidoka
200
This is the most common seat defect in April 1992
What is the material flaw
300
The yellow line indicated this
What is 70% of the work to be completed
300
This company is the sole supplier of seats for the Georgetown plant
What is Kentucky Framed Seats (KFS)
300
"Changing something for the better"
What is Kaizen
300
This signaled part production to the supplier and included part code number, batch size, delivery address, etc.
What is the kanban card
400
Production is stopped when this many cars reach the Clinic Area
What is 8 cars
400
This program provided personnel with one-on-one training.
What are trainers-on-loan
400
Producing only what is needed, only how much is needed, and only when it is needed.
What is Just-In-Time (JIT)
400
This seat location showed a higher frequency of andon pulls per day
What are the rear seats
500
This is the number of patrol inspectors on each shift
What is 20
500
This is the number of work stations in the assembly operations
What is 353
500
Toyota's slogan that both represents both Just-In-Time (JIT) and jidoka principles.
What is "Good Thinking, Good Products"
500
The introduction of the 1992 Camry and Camry Wagon caused these to increase to 36.
What are seat variations
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