Caterpillar Production System And Deployment Strategy Study

Toyota Production System has been verified that it is the most efficient production system. Its core theory is to eliminate wastes, improve production efficency and continoue improvement. Caterpillar raised Caterpillar Production System base on Toyota Production System. It will be effective tool to achieve Caterpillar 2020 Vision and the targets on People, Quality, Velocity and Cost.This article tried to answer the questions why Caterpillar want to deploy CPS, what is CPS, what is the difference between CPS and TPS (it seems only one letter different), how to deploy CPS from high level view in order to make it like DNA grow in Caterpillar body, how to deploy it to make sure to meet target on People, Quality, Velocity and Cost, all these attract the author.The author took the comparison and deep interview tool as main study methods.Author pointed out that CPS should be deployed in"Order to Delivery"related departments, Non -"Order to Delivery"related departments and should use CPS affect main third party suppliers in order to achieve People target, improve both products and service Quality, improve Velocity and reduce all the costs in entire company including purchased materials.