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  2. Taiichi Ohno - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Toyota Production System - Wikipedia

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    Taiichi Ohno quoted from the book says " 'Just In Time' should be interpreted to mean that it is a problem when parts are delivered too early". [ 21 ] Chapter 23 How To Produce At A Lower Cost - "One of the main fundamentals of the Toyota System is to make 'what you need, in the amount you need, by the time you need it', but to tell the truth ...

  4. Muda (Japanese term) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Overstock - Wikipedia

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    Excess or unnecessary inventory is listed as one of the seven wastes or "muda" in Taiichi Ohno's Toyota production system. [ 4 ] When referring to overstock merchandise in the form of consumer goods in a retail operation, the term refers to goods that have never been purchased by a customer but that are considered excessive stock from shelves ...

  6. Kanban - Wikipedia

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    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] The system takes its name from the cards that track production within a factory.

  7. Category:Toyota Production System - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Toyota Production System" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. ... Taiichi Ohno; P. Poka-yoke; Production leveling; S.

  8. Broadcom forecasts Q1 revenue above estimates on strong AI ...

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    (Reuters) -Broadcom forecast quarterly revenue above Wall Street estimates on Thursday and predicted booming demand for its custom artificial intelligence chips in the next few years. Shares of ...

  9. Autonomation - Wikipedia

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    The first example of this at Toyota was the auto-activated loom of Sakichi Toyoda that automatically and immediately stopped the loom if the vertical or lateral threads broke or ran out. For instance rather than waiting until the end of a production line to inspect a finished product, autonomation may be employed at early steps in the process ...