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. The year was 1933 and Ohno soon became well known for his mustache, added to further his image of authority with his direct reports, a large group of women.

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Ohno Deming Books Open-book 31

Curious Cat

JANUARY 17, 2017

– Taiichi Ohno. – Taiichi Ohno. – Taiichi Ohno. – Taiichi Ohno. Winning companies win because they have good leaders who nurture the development of other leaders at all levels of the organization. Having no problems is the biggest problem of all. – Peter Block. – Russell Ackoff.

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Ohno Deming McGregor Management 40

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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Ohno Products Productivity Six Sigma 50

Deming Institute

DECEMBER 14, 2017

He was an invaluable teacher…, playing an indispensable role in the development and revitalization of post-war Japan. Nonetheless, TQC efforts were openly resisted by the JIT community, leading to “a group of nervous quality-control managers surrounding Shoichiro one day….

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Quality Deming Ohno System 48

Curious Cat

AUGUST 4, 2015

I published and presented (I think at an ASQ conference though I can’t recall which one right now) a paper on Using Quality to Develop an Internet Resource in 1999. Creating a climate and expectation of continued learning is also important, but I won’t talk about that in this post. will help a great deal.

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Technology Deming Ohno Handbook 40