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6th Ri; Kanri
Continuing from my previous post, I forgot about “Kanri.” This is a Poka, and I made a big mistake… “Kanri” means management. But just...
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hidet77
- Apr 28
- 3 min
Five Ri
Taiichi Ohno’s TPS books have many “puns.” Very often he selects these words to send us a message. Inside these books, five Japanese...
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hidet77
- Apr 21
- 4 min
Variations
Fredrick Taylor and Taiichi Ohno. Two giants in the field of operations management. I want to compare these two thinking on one topic,...
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hidet77
- Mar 30
- 5 min
Safety Stock?
In my last post, I defended against critics for "Just In Time." Most of these critics end with a suggestion to increase inventory. I...
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hidet77
- Mar 17
- 3 min
"Just In Time" is about lead-time improvement and then inventory reduction
As we face supply chain issues, many are pointing fingers at "Just In Time"? I didn't know that so many companies practice "Just In...
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hidet77
- Feb 4
- 6 min
Why is OEE not necessary TPS?
Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM) and Seiichi Nakajima developed Overall equipment efficiency (OEE) in total productive...
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hidet77
- Jan 28
- 7 min
Is your “OEE” providing the results that you were expecting?
Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). Somehow became one of the most critical key performance indicators (KPIs) of operations...
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hidet77
- Jan 18
- 2 min
What are your eyes doing when you go to the shop floor?
It was like a Zen dialogue. The coach asked, “When you go to the shop floor, what are your “eyes” doing?” After defining the meaning of...
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hidet77
- Dec 9, 2021
- 5 min
The backbone of Toyota Production System is Mechanical Engineering
I was looking at the history of those involved in developing the Toyota Production System. Who were those people, and are there any...
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hidet77
- Nov 29, 2021
- 6 min
Structure of Muda
In my last article, I talked about the importance of focusing on process structure and dynamics on the shop floor. There are many...
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hidet77
- Nov 16, 2021
- 5 min
Structure and Dynamics
Why is the Toyota production system (TPS) difficult to understand? In my last post, I talked about the change from Taylor to Toyota. As...
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hidet77
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Why is the Toyota production system (TPS) difficult to understand?
Why is the Toyota production system (TPS) difficult to understand? Our root cause analysis reached Frederick Winslow Taylor’s “Scientific...
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hidet77
- Oct 18, 2021
- 5 min
Material handler's Standardized Work
"Waterspider," "Tugger," "Transporter," etc. Whatever the name of this functionality, the responsibility is to transport the materials...
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hidet77
- Oct 12, 2021
- 3 min
Preventive Genba Walks
“Stability.” When we ask a manager, “how are you approaching stability?” the most likely answer will be that they check the KPIs,...
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hidet77
- Oct 4, 2021
- 4 min
Stability
“Stability.” If the processes were stable, we could do a lot more things. The barrier created by not having a steady process is more...
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hidet77
- Sep 7, 2021
- 3 min
Final workshop of Hajime Oba
It’s been a year since my father, Hajime Oba has passed away. One of the most surprising comments I heard this year was that Hajime Oba...
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hidet77
- Aug 24, 2021
- 3 min
Cognitive Bias
In his book, "Workplace management," Taiichi Ohno mentioned that "Illusions reduce efficiencies." (The English translation used the word,...
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hidet77
- Aug 17, 2021
- 3 min
Antinomy of TPS
Every time there is a problem in Toyota’s supply chain, there is an article about why Just In Time doesn’t work. Or Toyota took...
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hidet77
- Aug 2, 2021
- 4 min
Technical notes of the Pull system
In my last post, I collected some episodes from pull system implementations. Episodes of "Pull System" implementations...
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hidet77
- Jul 26, 2021
- 3 min
Episodes of "Pull System" implementations
I collected some episodes of "Pull System" implementations. Once a "pull system" was implemented. The following month, when my father...
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