Introduction to Lean Manufacturing.
Lean Manufacturing
What is lean manufacturing? This is all about continuous improvement. Get plenty of more details here: What is Lean Manufacturing?
Quotes about Lean Manufacturing
- “If you are going to do kaizen continuously you’ve got to assume that things are a mess. Too many people just assume that things are all right the way they are. Aren’t you guys convinced that the way you’re doing things is the right way? That’s no way to get anything done. Kaizen is about changing the way things are. If you assume that things are all right the way they are, you can’t do kaizen. So change something!” ~ Taiichi Ohno, father of Toyota Production System (TPS)
- “A relentless barrage of “why’s” is the best way to prepare your mind to pierce the clouded veil of thinking caused by the status quo. Use it often.” ~ Shigeo Shingo
- “It’s pretty simple. If you have an environment where people aren’t afraid to speak up, and you listen to them things will get better.” ~Dave Waters
- “Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.” ~ Mark Twain
- “Why not make the work easier and more interesting so that people do not have to sweat? The Toyota style is not to create results by working hard. It is a system that says there is no limit to people’s creativity. People don’t go to Toyota to ‘work’ they go there to ‘think’” ~ Taiichi Ohno
- “Good is the enemy of great. That’s why so few things become great.” ~ James C. Collins
- “All we are doing is looking at the time line, from the moment the customer gives us an order to the point when we collect the cash. And we are reducing the time line by reducing the non-value adding wastes.” ~ Taiichi Ohno, father of Toyota Production System (TPS)
Lean and Continuous Improvement Blogs
- Collection of Quotes about the Toyota Production System.
- Comprehensive Six Sigma Training.
- Gemba Walk: the Path to Continuous Improvement.
- Innovation Quotes from CEOs, Presidents, Authors and other great minds.
- Intro to Lean: What are the 7 Wastes of Lean?
- Kaizen (Continuous Improvement): Secret behind Japanese Productivity
- Kanban explained in 60 seconds.
- Lean Manufacturing – Lean Factory Tour.
- Lean Manufacturing Quotes.
- Mapping a Value Stream to a Kanban Board.
- Process Improvement: Six Sigma & Kaizen Methodologies.
- Rooting Out Waste in Health Care by Taking Cue From Toyota.
- SCM Top Companies.
- Supply Chain Quotes: Take it to the next level.
- Supply Chain Resources by Topic & Supplier.
- Toyota Way–‘The 14 Principles of the Toyota Way’
“What gets measured gets improved.” ~Peter Drucker
“If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong.” ~Charles Kettering
“Standards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves.” ~Taiichi Ohno
“Data is of course important in manufacturing, but I place the greatest emphasis on facts.” ~Taiichi Ohno
“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” ~Thomas Edison