The Mercedes Benz Production System

The Toyota Production System is one of the most copied, adapted and improved management system in the world. Many companies us this system to develop an own production system like Ford Production System (FPS), Mercedes Production System (MPS) and so on. The Mercedes Benz Production System is signed as a system that show us a way how we can use the general strategy and elements of the Toyota Production System and combine it with the specific culture of every companie.

Objective of the Seminar and Workshop is to learn from the practice and experiences scs from responsibilities of the MercedesCarGroup of DaimlerChrysler for the Implementation process of Production Systems.

Speaker(s): Rolf Haberlandt, Senior Expert AKJ/DaimlerChrysler, Bremen (Germany) as an expert with long term experiences in managing production processes and implementation of the Mercedes Benz Production System.
Jörg Kuntz, Projectleader AKJ Automotive Germany as an expert of the different systems of the Toyota Production System.
Speakers language German and partly German will be translated into Spanish.

Agenda and main Topics

08:30  Opening Seminar Office  
  - Coffee and preparation  
  Welcome and Introduction  
09:00  - Targets of the Seminar
- Invitation and participants expectations
- Toyota Production Systems
- Coffee break  
10:30  Structure of the Mercedes Benz Production System 
10:45  - Toyota elements and conclusions
- Topics Mercedes Benz Production System
- Bremen plant and challenges for MPS
- Project focus implementation MPS
- Lunch and break  
  Implementation and instruments 
13:30  - Project organisation
- Management guidelines
- Implementation examples
- Coffee break  
  Conclusions and consequences 
15:00  - Conclusions and extract
- Recommendations
- Checklist examples
- Last questions  
16:00  End of the Seminar  
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