Johnson Controls, Automotive Systems Group: The Georgetown, Kentucky Plant 1. What are the core elements of TPS? Its philosophy, principles and tools? What is required for TPS to be effective? 2. How would you evaluate Georgetown's performance at the end of 1992? 3. What process should Beckwith consider adding to existing operations? Assuming that metal operations remain in the current Georgetown facility, what should be recommended as the layout for the new factory space? 4. How should materials flow be arranged for the expanded Georgetown plant - i.e., for the current facility and the new one? 5. What can make the TPS unravel? How can one manage the related risks?

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