Read this article. It highlights the Toyota Production System as a process set up to understand its potential capacity, minimize its product throughput, and reduce cycle time. Analyze the Traditional Operational Availability Model for areas that could produce the greatest bottleneck.
Example: Implementation of New Operational Availability Model into Toyota USA
We have applied for new operational availability model into Toyota in U.S.A. (Toyota USA) with a 4 step system as shown in Fig. 5.
Figure 5. Model to link impact of multiple Steps
Inherited Impact of Step 2=\(\frac{\text { ST2 }}{\text { ST2+WT2+ET2 }} \times \frac{S T 3}{S T 3+W T 3+E T 3} \times S T 4\)
Where \(ST2\) is Short time to Step 2 from previous steps.
\(WT2\) is work delay at Step 2
\(ET2\) is equipment downtime at Step 2
\(ST2\) is Short time to Step 3 from Step 2
Introduced Impact of Station 2=\(\frac{W T 2+E T 2}{S T 2+W T 2+E T 2} \times \frac{W T 3+E T 3}{S T 3+W T 3+E T 3} \times S T 4\)
Inherited Impact of Step 1= \(\frac{S T 1}{S T 1+W T 1+E T 1} \times \frac{S T 2}{S T 2+W T 2+E T 2} \times \frac{S T 3}{S T 3+W T 3+E T 3} \times S T 4\)
Where \(S T 1\) is Short time to Step 1 from previous steps.
\(W T 1\) is work delay at Step 1
\(E T 1\) is equipment downtime at Step 1
\(S T 1\) is Short time to Step 2 from Step 1
Introduced Impact of Station \(1=\frac{W T 1+E T 1}{S T 1+W T 1+E T 1} \times \frac{S T 2}{S T 2+W T 2+E T 2} \times \frac{S T 3}{S T 3+W T 3+E T 3} \times S T 4\)
\(E S=\frac{\frac{\frac{E T 1}{S T 1+W T 1+E T 1} \times S T 2+E T 2}{S T 2+W T 2+E T 2} \times S T 3+E T 3}{S T 3+W T 3+E T 3} \times S T 4+E T 4\)
\(E s\) is the overall equipment impact to the system shown in Fig.5.
\(E O A=\frac{\text { Production Time-Es }}{\text { Production Time }} \times 100 \%\)
\(E O A\) is the Equipment \(\mathrm{OA}\) of the overall system shown in Fig.5.
\(W O A=\frac{\text { Production Time-Ws }}{\text { Production Time }} \times 100 \%\)
\(WOA\) is the Work Delay \(OA\) of the overall system shown in Fig.5.