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Taiichi Ohno's Quote
Once in a while, I ran into people who quote Taiichi Ohno saying the following: “In a production plant operation, data are highly...
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hidet77
- Feb 20
- 5 min
Sontoku Ninomiya and Houtoku
Many elementary schools in Japan have a statue of Sontoku Ninomiya. Many, such as Sakichi Toyoda, believed in Ninomiya’s philosophy,...
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hidet77
- Feb 13
- 5 min
Fact Control
“When you see data, think of it as uncertain (or dangerous).” Kaoru Ishikawa, father of Total Quality Control (TQC) A powerful quote by...
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hidet77
- Feb 6
- 4 min
QC Process Table and Standardized Work
QC Process Table. It is often mentioned as part of Total Quality Management, but there is little mention of the link to the Standardized...
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hidet77
- Jan 30
- 3 min
"Human Wa【和】" and Standardized Work
In the chapter where Taiichi Ohno talks about standardized work, he concludes that applying standardized work correctly will develop...
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hidet77
- Jan 23
- 5 min
Standards and Kaizen
I often ran into the following conditions; “We have standards. But we don’t practice Kaizen.” 🤔 Are we saying that the standards are...
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hidet77
- Jan 16
- 4 min
Brief history of 5S in Japanese Factories
This post is about a brief history of 5S in Japanese factories. This will ignore some philosophical aspects or activities outside...
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hidet77
- Jan 11
- 3 min
Subject of Seiri
You spend so much energy & time on your 5S. But you don’t see a result. I have posted in the past that “Seiri【整理】” is about; 1️⃣ Organize...
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hidet77
- Jan 8
- 5 min
Just In Time and Natural Disaster
“Just In Time” production stops every time a natural disaster hits. Then, there is this argument to keep more inventory comes up. Here is...
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hidet77
- Jan 4
- 2 min
Kai 【改】
Since my last post was about Zen【善】 inside Kaizen, this post is about Kai【改】. As I looked deeper into this symbol, it reminded me of my...
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hidet77
- Dec 28, 2023
- 5 min
"Research of Zen【善】"
Kaizen【改善】 = Continuous Improvement We have used this translation for decades. I have used it. Many others have used it. Once in a while,...
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hidet77
- Dec 21, 2023
- 4 min
The origin of "Kanban"
Kanban means signboard for typical Japanese. But originally, it wasn’t called Kanban. It was called something else. And the original...
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hidet77
- Dec 14, 2023
- 4 min
Product Notes
It is said that Kanban started by getting a hint from the supermarket. When we go to a supermarket, customers pick what they want. They...
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hidet77
- Dec 5, 2023
- 4 min
Total Productive Maintenance
The history of “Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)” starts from what is currently Denso, a Toyota group company. When we look at their...
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hidet77
- Nov 28, 2023
- 5 min
Prototype of "Team Leader"
名古屋高等工業学校 編『名古屋高等工業学校一覧 自昭和8年至昭和9年』1934年1月30日、44頁。NDLJP:1448625/118 “Team Leader” Many have copied the title “team leader” because of the...
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hidet77
- Nov 21, 2023
- 4 min
Takt Time
Whatever the origin of this concept, Toyota converted this concept to represent customer demand. By dividing total available time by the...
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hidet77
- Nov 16, 2023
- 4 min
Production Capacity Sheet
One of the standardized work documents. Despite its importance, we don’t talk about this as often. This sheet is full of Toyota...
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hidet77
- Nov 9, 2023
- 5 min
Poka-Yoke
“Poka” originally comes from a bad play made during the game of Shogi (Japanese chess) or Igo. There was a bad play made in a recent...
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hidet77
- Nov 2, 2023
- 4 min
Write the standardized work with your own hand.
“Write the standardized work with your own hand. People on the Genba must write the standardized work with their own hand. For others to...
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hidet77
- Oct 26, 2023
- 4 min
Kata and Ba
Do you know there is a discussion about “Kata” and “Ba” in Japan? “Kata” comes from the traditional arts of passing skills among...
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