During David's tour of the Motomachi factory in Japan, he accidently stops the whole production line when he unintentionally pushed the "Andon" emergency button! This is the first time David has stopped an actual production at a Toyota plant... despite this embarrassing moment, David continues to tour the factory and provide a full engineer's explanation. In fact, this is David's most comprehensive factory tour he's ever done. He explains all the "secrets" of what makes Toyota Production System so unique and so sophisticated at the same time. Key topics such as Kaizen, Andon, Kanban, Heijunka, and Takt times are all explained in this comprehensive video. You have to watch this entire video if you really want to know how the Toyota Production System works - and also if you want to see the moment David stopped the production!
Automotive Press is owned and managed by David Koichi Chao, a global expert in the field of automotive evaluation, engineering, and strategy. With over 35 years of engineering experience, David is able to review vehicles from unique perspectives utilizing technical and specialized methods. David is a board member and a director at AJAC (Automobile Journalist Association of Canada).
David is known around the world as an authentic specialist of Lean/Agile Thinking, and travels all around the world to review vehicles and teach latest engineering methods. Born and raised in Japan, David has an engineering degree from University of British Columbia and post-graduate education from MIT and Harvard Business School in Boston.