système de production Toyota
Le systèmes de production au plus juste (Lean Production), santé et vieillissement
Lean Production, Santé et Vieillissement
Projet AGEFIT II AGE ET TRAVAIL : "Quelles pistes d’actions pour les représentants des salariés face au rallongement de la vie active ?" - Séminaire européen «Secteur de la Métallurgie»
L'origine de cette présentation est double :
1) Il y a eu d'abord une journée organisée par AutoUni (Volkswagen) il y a environ trois ans sur la question du viellissement de la main-d'œuvre ouvrière dans l'industrie automobile. On m'a alors demandé si je pouvais dire quelque chose sur comment la question était gerée chez Toyota, notamment au Japon, mais aussi en Europe. C'est là que j'ai commencé à comprendre que l'emploi à vie chez les constructeurs japonais ne pouvait pas s'appliquer à l'ensemble de la main-d'œuvre, et notamment, à la main-d'œuvre ouvrière. Cela ressortait de façon évidente de l'évolution à la fois de la masse salariale et de l'âge moyen des salariés. Mais je ne disposais pas encore à l'époque des éléments necessaires pour comprendre comment Toyota et les autres constructeurs japonais geraient finalement la question du vieillissement de leur main-d'œuvre ouvrière. lire la suite
Le toyotisme
Redefining the Toyota Production System: the European side of the story
Trapped into the sterile opposition between the empowerment and the management by stress approaches, the debate on the Toyota Production System has failed to provide a clear understanding of the social and organisational conditions that make this system viable. By focusing on the work organisation, the market configuration and the industrial infrastructure of the European transplants of Toyota, this paper proposes an alternative approach centred on the notions of ‘contextualisation’ and ‘human agency.’
Where Did It Go Wrong? Hybridization and Crisis of Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK, 1989–2001
In 1989, the Japanese carmaker Toyota established in Burnaston (UK) their first European transplant. Expected to become one of the most efficient auto factories in Europe and to be as successful as the American transplants set up by the company during the 1980s, Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK (TMUK) has failed to fulfil these expectations, cumulating in 10 years of production losses of more than £600 million and since 1999 falling into a serious crisis, which has put into question the internal compromise between the actors of the firm. The article traces back the trajectory of TMUK from its foundation up to the present crisis. It shows how the crisis emerged progressively from the initial shortcomings of the hybridized employment relationship of the transplant, and how it deepened under the difficult economic conditions faced by the company on the European market. The article also introduces an alternative theoretical approach based on the notion of the ‘productive model’ developed by the GERPISA international research network, which aims to deconstruct the functionalist idea of a unique and superior Japanese model transferable everywhere and by everybody, and to re-establish the Japanese transplants as full historical objects and as social and political organizations.
