規矩作法 守り尽くして破るとも離るるとても本を忘るな. “Standards (Regulations) and manners. You follow them【守】, break them【破】, and depart【離】 from them, but never...

In Japan, together with the technical know-how of SMED, there is an episode we talk about. The historical episode is the Nobunaga’s gun...

Setsuo Mito has interviewed Taiichi Ohno a lot and published those interviewed. There was a conversation between Ohno and Masatoshi Ito,...

The final person I had to mention as potential books Ohno read to develop Standardized Work and Toyota Production System, I have to...

In searching for the book that Taiichi Ohno read to start the Toyota Production System implementation journey, I ran into an author. His...

Taiichi Ohno started his Toyota Production System implementation by reading books in 1938-39. What were those books? Are there written...

What is “Standardized Work” in TPS? It is often described as the “rule of production (operations).” If the rule of production is...

Empowerment creates a positive culture. There have been many empowerments to promote more continuous improvement. Some successes, some...

Work Standards and Standardized Work. Both play foundational roles inside Toyota Production System. My understanding is the following;...

Do you pay attention to the ♢ diamond mark inside a standardized work? This mark represents “Quality check.” It is essential to build...

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...