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The Origins of Lean & Lessons for Today

Keynote Presentation

Lean Production

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The Toyota Production System

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Taiichi Ohno (1912-1990) Kiichiro Toyoda (1894-1952)

Origins and Influences

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Supermarket by SuperArticleGuy, Junkers by Bundesarchiv, both licensed under the CC-BY-SA License

Production System

Ford – Assembly Line

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Ford – Waste Walks

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Ford – Andon Line

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Piggly Wiggly – Supermarket

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Started 1915

Training within Industry

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Statistical Process Control – Quality

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Edwards Deming1900-1993

Joseph M. Juran1904-2008

Danley – SMED

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Junkers Germany – Takt Time

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• Thanks to Michel Baudin for researching the details

Japanese Craftsmanship – Kaizen

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Dai-Nippon Spinning – Inventory

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Toyoda Loom – Poka Yoke, Jidoka

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WW II – Inventory

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Lessons from Toyota

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Never stop to learn!

Take Inspiration wherever you find it!

Keep on reinventing your Company!

Continue Improving what you do!

Further reading …• “Faster, Better, Cheaper”

in the History of Manufacturing: From the Stone Age to Lean Manufacturing and Beyond

• Roser, Christoph, 2016; 439 pages, 1st ed. Productivity Press.

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