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Science SQC, New Quality Control Principle

The Quality Strategy of Toyota

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  • © 2004

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Authors:
  1. Kakuro Amasaka

    1. Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa, Japan

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  • Comprehensively covers the author's past works mentioned above

  • Clarifies the basic principles of Science SQC as a new approach for quality management and verifies that its systematic and organizational application effectively contributes to establishing quality management technology

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages II-XVIII
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Kakuro Amasaka
      Pages 3-10

  3. Science SQC, New Quality Control Principle

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. SQC Renaissance

      • Kakuro Amasaka
      Pages 13-33

    3. Scientific SQC Approach

      • Kakuro Amasaka
      Pages 35-49

    4. “Science SQC” Proposal

      • Kakuro Amasaka
      Pages 51-62

    5. “Science SQC” Implementation

      • Kakuro Amasaka
      Pages 63-83

    6. “Science SQC”, New Quality Control Principle

      • Kakuro Amasaka
      Pages 85-102

  4. Human Resource Development and Practical Outcomes of Science SQC in Toyota

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. “SQC Promotion Cycle” Activities

      • Kakuro Amasaka
      Pages 105-125

    3. Management SQC

      • Kakuro Amasaka
      Pages 127-141

    4. TSIS-QR System

      • Kakuro Amasaka
      Pages 143-164

  5. Technological Quality Strategy in Toyota

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. Intellectual Product Development

      1. Products Plan Design
        • Kakuro Amasaka
        Pages 167-181
      2. Development Design
        • Kakuro Amasaka
        Pages 183-195
      3. Reliability Design
        • Kakuro Amasaka
        Pages 197-216
      4. CAE Design
        • Kakuro Amasaka
        Pages 217-235

    3. Intellectual Production Technology

      1. Production Engineering
        • Kakuro Amasaka
        Pages 237-250
      2. Process Design
        • Kakuro Amasaka
        Pages 251-268
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As is represented by the world's top-level Japanese automotive manufacturers, Japanese manufacturers have been climbing to winning positions in global businesses. The driving force of their success includes responsiveness to diversifying market needs and elevating quality requirements, clarification of development concepts that facilitate new technology, application of technology to product planning and design, advanced production control systems that elaborately utilize state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies, and flexible, efficient production. Many Japanese manufacturers succeeded in fulfilling these factors mainly because they utilize Japanese-style Lean Production Systems or the so-called Toyota Production System (TPS) and Japanese-style, scientific quality management approaches such as Statistical Quality Control (SQC) and Total Quality Management (TQM) in order to improve their corporate management technology. As severe competition among manufacturers intensify both in Japan and overseas, action against quality problems that remarkably diminish customer satisfaction, and customer-first quality management, is becoming important. Scientific quality control methods that aim to optimize production processes for building in quality were undermined by the past expansion of quantity-oriented manufacturing through automation with massive and heavy equipment.

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  • Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa, Japan

    Kakuro Amasaka

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