Plant Tour (P1) Details

Tours are offered once a month at Toyota's Georgetown,  Kentucky facility.  Also available,

is a tour at a Toyota supplier who has successfully implemented TPS at their facility. 

Both plants may be toured separately or together.

TMMK (Georgetown, KY)

1.  45’ Shop Floor Tour - view elements of TPS

     on the shop floor
     - Stability / Jidoka / JIT
     - Standardized Work / Level Production
2. 15’ Virtual Tour – video (what to look for on

     the shop floor)
3. 60' TMMK Tram Tour
     - History of TMMK
     - Products / Volume
     - Environmental / Community Service
4. 30' Q/A

Summit Polymers (Mt. Sterling, KY)

1. 30' Presentation - Intro to Summit Polymers
2. 60' Shop Floor Tour
     Processes
     Shipping, Staging, Assembly, Molding,
     Raw Material Storage & Order Board
     Focus
     Pull System (the production system to connect

     customer order to assembly, molding and raw

     material)
     Visual Control Tools (andon, pokayoke,

     production

     analysis board)
     Molding – change over time reduction
3. 30' Q/A

1.  Toyota, Georgetown, KY - $200 per person

2.  Summit Polymers, Mt. Sterling, KY - $300 per person

3.  Toyota & Summit Combination Tour - $450 per person

Pre-Register for P1