Taiichi Ohno
Today’s reading pick:
Taiichi Ohno - Toyota Production System Beyond large scale production
Taiichi Ohno composed this fundamental book in 1978. As one of Toyota Motor Company's first mechanical designers, he was enlivened by the standards created by Toyota's author Toyoda Kiichirō. Part manual and part philosophical composition on productivity, Ohno's aide respects the Japanese auto trailblazer's developments in assembling. This 1988 release deciphers the first Japanese form into English. Its outline of the Toyota fabricating cycle will engage history specialists and to every one of those inspired by the "without a moment to spare" ethos that presently overwhelms the globalized economy.
Take-Aways
Toyota changed Ford's mass production system to incorporate "just-in-time" manufacturing
Toyoda Kiichirō made "Toyotaism" during the 1930s, setting the norm for Japanese auto fabricating
American grocery stores propelled Toyota's creative, in the nick of time creation framework
The kanban - or billboard - is a bunch of directions that decide the progression just-in-time manufacturing
"Smoothing production” flattens the "ups and downs" that lead to failure
Right away, laborers opposed evolving from "one operator one machine" to "one operator, many machines in various cycles”
The in the nick of time framework plans to wipe out squander at each phase of creation
Utilizing a norm "work sheet" assists supervisors with running the Toyota Production System
The just-in-time point of view empowers supervisors, mid mgmt. and operators to embrace flexibility
Enjoy the read and have fun learning!
