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Ohno Taiichi (大野耐一, Ōno Taiichi, February 29, 1912 – May 28, 1990) was a Japanese industrial engineer and businessman. He is considered to be the father of the Toyota Production System, which inspired Lean Manufacturing in the U.S. [1] [2] He devised the seven wastes (or muda in Japanese) as part of this system.
Kanban (Japanese: 看板 meaning signboard) is a scheduling system for lean manufacturing (also called just-in-time manufacturing, abbreviated JIT). [2] Taiichi Ohno, an industrial engineer at Toyota, developed kanban to improve manufacturing efficiency. [3]
Taiichi Ohno, "father" of the Toyota Production System, originally identified seven forms of muda or waste: [6] Seven types of waste identified in lean manufacturing. A mnemonic may be useful for remembering the categories of waste, such as TIM WOOD or TIM WOODS (with the S referring to Skills). [7]
Toyota executive Taiichi Ohno developed the gemba walk as a way for staff to stand back from day-to-day tasks and walk the floor of their workplace to identify wasteful activities. [7] The objective of gemba walk is to understand the value stream and its problems rather than review results or make superficial comments. [8]
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Taiichi (written: 泰一 or 耐一) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Notable people with the name include: Taiichi Ohno ( 大野 耐一 ) (1912–1990), Japanese businessman
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