This chapter, authored by Tamura, raises the following question: How do operators build a complete car in a stationary situation without a line system? After the 1970s, Sweden developed a production change based on the socio-technical systems (STS) perspective. The world’s attention was drawn to the Uddevalla plants for their no-conveyor system: the UPSUddevalla Production System (UPS). This chapter focuses on the cognitive aspects of UPS and compares it with TPS. Tamura shows that UPS is an epoch-defining production model that utilises cognitive capabilityCognitive capability as an indispensable factor in achieving high flexibility.

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Characteristics of the New Production Concept in Sweden Based on the Uddevalla Plant: Cognition and Action

  • Yutaka Tamura

摘要

This chapter, authored by Tamura, raises the following question: How do operators build a complete car in a stationary situation without a line system? After the 1970s, Sweden developed a production change based on the socio-technical systems (STS) perspective. The world’s attention was drawn to the Uddevalla plants for their no-conveyor system: the UPSUddevalla Production System (UPS). This chapter focuses on the cognitive aspects of UPS and compares it with TPS. Tamura shows that UPS is an epoch-defining production model that utilises cognitive capabilityCognitive capability as an indispensable factor in achieving high flexibility.