Proposal of a New Vietnam Production Model, NVPM: A New Integrated Production System of Japan and Vietnam

Abstract

Automakers in Vietnam are currently expanding production with the intent of becoming a global industry. At the same time, these manufacturers need a production strategy to beat out the global quality competition and overcome associated new challenges, including the management of quality, production, and personnel and strategic collaboration with overseas automakers. Thus, seeing the need to improve the quality of Vietnamese automobile manufacturing in the future, the authors have constructed the New Vietnam Production Model, NVPM. This model integrates the Total Production System (TPS), the leading Japanese production system, and the current Vietnamese production system from a new perspective. Specifically, the authors' research examines (i) the successful Advanced which is an advanced model of the TPS, and (ii) the Traditional Vietnamese Production System (VPS-T), which is currently established in Vietnam, as well as the localized Vietnamese Production System (VPS-L). Based on the findings, the authors constructed the NVPM,