Deming Institute

AUGUST 24, 2017

Once upon a time, well before his name entered lean folklore, Taiichi Ohno graduated from industrial school and earned a position with Toyoda Spinning & Weaving as a supervisor. Ohno entered auto production from the mills in 1943, after both companies were merged by their leading customer, the Japanese military.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

During this time, an engineer named Taiichi Ohno (known today as the father of Toyota) began the task of building a new capacity for Japanese industrial production. Ohno was then a student of Henry Ford’s industrial process designs and innovations, but these would no longer work given the circumstances in post-war Japan.

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Deming Institute

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Edwards Deming offered his many audiences in Japan, including students such as Shoichiro Toyoda, whose humble beginnings led to Toyota’s far reaching Total Quality Control efforts and the eventual appreciation of Toyota’s “Just in Time” (JIT) advocate, Taiichi Ohno.

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 8, 2016

Plus social scientists have noted a shocking number of stats that appearance can have real positive or negative consequences , depending on whether others perceive you as trustworthy or good looking. Soul Patch ​Apolo Anton Ohno, Howie Mandel, and Billy Bob Thornton have sported a little soul with their facial hair.

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