How Are Lean Operations and the Toyota Production System (TPS)

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Essay

How are lean operations and the Toyota Production System (TPS) alike? How are they different?

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Definitions:

Life Expectancy

The average period that a person may expect to live.

Mortality Rate

A measure of the frequency of occurrence of death in a defined population during a specified interval.

Cohort Death Rate

is a measure of mortality rates within a defined cohort of individuals over a specific period of time, illustrating the rate at which members of the cohort die.

Grandparents

The parents of a person's father or mother – paternal or maternal.