Resource: Toyota Lean Application Grading Guide and Ch. 6 and 16 of Operations Management View the Virtual Company Tour of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky. Answer the following short answer quest

Resource: Toyota Lean Application Grading Guide and Ch. 6 and 16 of Operations Management View the Virtual Company Tour of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky. Answer the following short answer quest 1

Toyota Lean Application Grading Guide

ISCOM/305 Version 5

Systems Operations Management

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Individual Assignment: Toyota Lean Application Purpose of Assignment

This assignment allows you to showcase your understanding of six sigma and lean concepts. You view a virtual tour of the Kentucky Toyota Plant. They also explore the website which covers the Toyota Production System (TPS). You compare the principles of Six Sigma with Lean as it relates to TPS. The video and website allow you to recognize lean and six sigma use in TPS to cement these concepts.

Resources Required

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky Virtual Tour

Grading Guide

Content	Met	Partially Met	Not Met	Comments:
The student views the Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky Virtual Tour.
The student provides a definition for the term kaizen and explains how Toyota and its employees benefit from kaizen.
The student compares the principles of Six Sigma with Lean.
The submission is no less than 600 words in length.
		Total Available	Total Earned
			#/7

Assignment Total	#	10	#/10
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