How does Mazda achieve world-class levels of quality and efficiency despite being a smaller automaker? Exactly what makes Mazda's flexible production system so unique and even better than Toyota's renowned production methods? Those are just a few of many questions Automotive Engineer David Chao asked the Mazda Plant Manager Mr. Suehiro in Hofu, Japan, to understand the "secret sauce" behind Mazda's production methods. It's hard to believe, but Mazda's factory is perhaps the most agile and flexible system in the world, and David wanted to ask the Plant Manager exactly how they achieved this goal. Questions David asked include:
Questions:
2:23 What makes Mazda production unique?
4:35 What is happening with Supply Chain issues?
6:13 Why does Mazda invest so much into making a perfect car body?
8:30 What is the next emerging trends in manufacturing?
10:07 What exactly is the Mazda Production System?
Automotive Press is owned and managed by David Koichi Chao, a global expert in the field of automotive evaluation, consulting, and strategy. David is known around the world as an authentic specialist of Lean Thinking or Toyota Production System. 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.
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