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Apr 27, 20234 min read
Taizo Ishida's Leadership
There are many posts about the importance of leadership for Lean implementation. If so, let’s look at what happened at Toyota under Taizo...
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Apr 24, 20235 min read
Taizo Ishida
In his book, Toyota Production System, Taichi Ohno mentions that his boss challenged him to implement "standard work." Who was this boss?...
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Apr 21, 20233 min read
Go to Genba; A message behind Ishikawa diagram
Do you still want to use the Fishbone diagram as a brainstorming tool? Of course. Ishikawa himself talked about using such a tool. But...
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hidet77
Apr 19, 20233 min read
Understanding the original Fishbone Diagram
Ishikawa diagram or the fishbone diagram. One of the seven tools of QC, and often associated with as a tool for problem-solving by...
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hidet77
Apr 17, 20233 min read
Just In Time Production 4️⃣ Ma 【間】
Taiichi Ohno described Just In Time as “ちょうど間に合う [Choudo - Mani - Au]” in Japanese. Choudo = Just Au = Fit, match The tricky one is this...
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hidet77
Apr 13, 20233 min read
Just In Time Production 3️⃣ Problem-solving
When you jump off the cliff without a bungee cord, you don’t call it a “bungee jump.” You call it suicide. So what is the “bungee cord”...
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hidet77
Apr 10, 20233 min read
Just In Time Production 2️⃣ Supply Curve
Supply curve. A simple concept of “Market” in economics. As the price goes up, the quantity of supply goes up. As demand changes, the...
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hidet77
Apr 4, 20233 min read
Just In Time Production 1️⃣ Equilibrium
”Just In Time” As this Toyota Production system terminology gets popular, many misunderstand its philosophy. Just In Time is not just...
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hidet77
Apr 3, 20233 min read
Just In Case
Some folks started “Just In Case” operations after the pandemic and war. I don’t follow their conversations, but based on what I...
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hidet77
Mar 29, 20234 min read
Fatigue
Fatigue. A natural phenomenon that we all have as a human beings. And operations have to deal with this phenomenon systematically. Some...
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hidet77
Mar 27, 20233 min read
Chie [Wisdom]
The Toyota way 2001 had two key points. Respecting Humanity “Chie” and Kaizen The word “Chie” is typically translated as “Wisdom.”...
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hidet77
Mar 26, 20232 min read
Muda
Muda. Waste. Non-value-adding activities that we must eliminate. Core thinking of TPS. There is nothing wrong with the definitions. Every...
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hidet77
Mar 23, 20234 min read
Yokoten
A Japanese word that means to deploy across the organization knowledge or know-how. When there is a great Kaizen, as a business, you want...
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hidet77
Mar 21, 20233 min read
Respect for People or Humans?
“Respect for People.” This a common phrase that I see a lot. Every time I see this, I get puzzled. My coach said the following. “Respect...
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hidet77
Mar 20, 20234 min read
Complaint and Kaizen
As Kaizen became an international business word, things got formal. I have seen some forms that people need to be filled out. There are...
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hidet77
Mar 17, 20233 min read
Thoughts on proper management of batch production
I searched “batch production.” There are many explanations of the meaning and calculation. But I thought about what is the proper...
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hidet77
Mar 13, 20234 min read
Batch production is not easy
We’ve all heard the age-old debate initiated by Taiichi Ohno: batch production vs. one-piece flow production. There is one problem with...
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hidet77
Mar 9, 20233 min read
SMED 4️⃣; Please use SMED appropriately…
I encountered many strange situations as I worked with many Single Minutes Exchange of Dies (SMED). Please understand. SMED is not a...
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hidet77
Mar 7, 20234 min read
SMED 3️⃣ External Work
Single-minute exchange of Die. Powerful methodology to reduce the changeover time. The critical part of this methodology is to move works...
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