Development of enterprise business application software by introducing Toyota Production System
Tsutomu Sekimura, Tomiko Maruyama · Fujitsu Scientific and Technical Journal · 2006
Fujitsu Applications, Ltd. (FAP) was established in April 2004 as part of the Fujitsu Group to focus on developing business application software in Japan. To develop business application software (the basic task of FAP based on SDAS development standards), reducing the development period and achieving high quality are essential. In December 2004, we began introducing the Toyota Production System (TPS) for developing a full-scale application software production phase, while studying and attempting to apply TPS for developing business application software. This paper describes how TPS was concretely introduced (for relatively short-term, large-scale projects involving business application software based on SDAS), and how daily Kaizen activities are linked to achieve expected results. Also described are the issues to address for achieving high productivity and high quality, as clarified through case examples.