Dónal Ó Coisdealbha
analyzes the history and results of the management and production
system (TPS) developed by the Toyota Motor Corporation, arguing
that the cooperative effects the TPS had on Toyota's internal labor
relations contain the seeds of a successful model of socialist
industrial production.
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Coisdealbha is the director of process control, smart and
digital development at a factory owned by a multinational
electrical equipment manufacturer who is currently co-authoring a
book with
Tom O’Brien on labour
time planning. His blog can be found
here.