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Principle of TPS noted at the field visit Quality at the Source- To eliminate product defects, they must be discovered and corrected as soon as possible. Since workers are at the best position to discover a defect and to immediately fix it, they are assigned this responsibility. If a defect cannot be readily fixed, any worker can halt the entire line by pulling a cord called jidoka. Pull Production-To reduce inventory holding costs and lead times, Toyota developed the pull production method wherein the quantity of work performed at each stage of the process is dictated solely by demand for materials from the immediate next stage. The Kanban scheme coordinates the flow of small containers of materials between stages. It provides downline customers in the production process with what they want, when they want it, and in the amount they want. Material replenishment initiated by consumption is the basic principle of just-in time. Just in time-Rather than ordering extra parts and then storing these parts at the factory which is what most automotive assembly plants are doing at the time Toyota is following the supermarket model. Instead of holding inventory on the factory floor, suppliers were encouraged to build the number of parts requested in the quantity needed. As a result, there are no inventory carrying costs, packaging is minimized, part transportation costs are kept down, and the factory is kept neat and tidy all reducing the chance of mistakes during production and raising efficiency. Suppliers have build their factories on the same campus as the main Toyota assembly plant. This way, suppliers could produce the parts Toyota needed at almost the same time Toyota was building cars.