Author: Toshiki Naruse
The Equalized and Syncronized Production System (ESP) is a production management and manufacturing improvement system for supplier companies or any company that deals with a variety of products as well as multiple customers ESP enables suppliers to meet the requirements of their buyers' Just In Time (JIT) ordering systems through wide-variety, small-lot production, while also making their own production activities as efficient as possible. In ESP, a "basic production scheduling pattern" is set up in advance. When a customer comes in, it is compared with the "basic production scheduling pattern" and the pattern is revised as a "final production scheduling pattern" after conducting necessary simulations.
