I was talking with a plant manager about the need for skill training. As I discussed, I was thinking about the synonym for his use of the...

Following my previous post about manpower reduction 省人化 & flexible manpower 少人化. When I try to understand the concept of Shoujinka, 少人化,...

In the original Japanese version of Taiichi Ohno’s “Toyota Production System,” the chapter called “0.1 worker is still one worker,” there...

Have you thought about the types of Kaizen? I thought about the four categories. I am not trying to make data. I am not thinking about...

Continuing my thoughts on Mechanisms & Systems, I am thinking about Kaizen. Where does Kaizen belong? Kaizen requires a systematic...

Mechanism & System As I implemented the "Toyota Production SYSTEM," I recognized my mistake. Do we have the same view about the word...

Since I started this topic on the “Starting point,” I will continue to the “Endpoint” of work. Although the “Endpoint” is the twin of the...

Here, I want to put the spotlight on something that is important but not discussed frequently. That is “Starting Point of Work.” This is...

Continuing from my previous post, I forgot about “Kanri.” This is a Poka, and I made a big mistake… “Kanri” means management. But just...

Taiichi Ohno’s TPS books have many “puns.” Very often he selects these words to send us a message. Inside these books, five Japanese...

Fredrick Taylor and Taiichi Ohno. Two giants in the field of operations management. I want to compare these two thinking on one topic,...

In my last post, I defended against critics for "Just In Time." Most of these critics end with a suggestion to increase inventory. I...

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...

Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM) and Seiichi Nakajima developed Overall equipment efficiency (OEE) in total productive...

Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). Somehow became one of the most critical key performance indicators (KPIs) of operations...

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...

I was looking at the history of those involved in developing the Toyota Production System. Who were those people, and are there any...

In my last article, I talked about the importance of focusing on process structure and dynamics on the shop floor. There are many...

Why is the Toyota production system (TPS) difficult to understand? In my last post, I talked about the change from Taylor to Toyota. As...

Why is the Toyota production system (TPS) difficult to understand? Our root cause analysis reached Frederick Winslow Taylor’s “Scientific...