When implementing standardized work, we learn about the three elements, takt time, sequence, and work-in-process stocks. But most likely,...

Pathology is a medical discipline in which they study “the essential nature of diseases and especially of the structural and functional...

Over Production. The most significant waste of the seven wastes. In the Japanese version, Ohno used the Hiragana to describe...

Generate "Excess capacity"??? In Ohno’s “Toyota Production System,” there is a chapter called “Generate Excess Capacity.” This is not...

Push or Pull Training. “Push or Pull?” I’m not talking about flow. I am talking about the training. Typically, when we talk about...

“We need to train the people.” “We need to change the thinking." An agenda that comes as an essential topic. But this agenda is strange....

There are many posts about the importance of leadership for Lean implementation. If so, let’s look at what happened at Toyota under Taizo...

In his book, Toyota Production System, Taichi Ohno mentions that his boss challenged him to implement "standard work." Who was this boss?...

Do you still want to use the Fishbone diagram as a brainstorming tool? Of course. Ishikawa himself talked about using such a tool. But...

Ishikawa diagram or the fishbone diagram. One of the seven tools of QC, and often associated with as a tool for problem-solving by...

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...

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”...

Supply curve. A simple concept of “Market” in economics. As the price goes up, the quantity of supply goes up. As demand changes, the...

”Just In Time” As this Toyota Production system terminology gets popular, many misunderstand its philosophy. Just In Time is not just...

Some folks started “Just In Case” operations after the pandemic and war. I don’t follow their conversations, but based on what I...

Fatigue. A natural phenomenon that we all have as a human beings. And operations have to deal with this phenomenon systematically. Some...

The Toyota way 2001 had two key points. Respecting Humanity “Chie” and Kaizen The word “Chie” is typically translated as “Wisdom.”...

Muda. Waste. Non-value-adding activities that we must eliminate. Core thinking of TPS. There is nothing wrong with the definitions. Every...

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...

“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...