Testing a Theoretical Model Underlying the ‘Toyota Way’ – an Empirical Study Involving a Large Global Sample of Toyota Facilities

International Journal of Production Research

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Testing a theoretical model underlying the ‘Toyota

Way’ – an empirical study involving a large global

sample of Toyota facilities

Nihal P. Jayamaha, Jürgen P. Wagner, Nigel P. Grigg, Nicky M. Campbell-Allen

& Warwick Harvie

To cite this article: Nihal P. Jayamaha, Jürgen P. Wagner, Nigel P. Grigg, Nicky M. Campbell-Allen

& Warwick Harvie (2014) Testing a theoretical model underlying the ‘Toyota Way’ – an empirical

study involving a large global sample of Toyota facilities, International Journal of Production

Research, 52:14, 4332-4350, DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2014.883467

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Published online: 12 Feb 2014.

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Vol. 52, No. 14, 4332–4350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2014.883467

Testing a theoretical model underlying the ‘Toyota Way’ – an empirical study involving a

large global sample of Toyota facilities

Nihal P. Jayamahaa*, Jürgen P. Wagnera, Nigel P. Grigga, Nicky M. Campbell-Allena and Warwick Harvieb

a

School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand; bToyota Global Knowledge

Center, Torrance, CA, USA

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(Received 4 October 2012; accepted 6 January 2014)

In this paper, we empirically test the theoretical model underlying the Toyota Way (TW), based on data obtained from

Toyota’s logistics, sales and...