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Masaaki Imai Remembers Taiichi Ohno

By Jon Miller - March 4th, 2012

Reflections on the 100th Birthday of Taiichi Ohno Taiichi Ohno was born on February 29, 1912 in Dalian, China as the son of Ichizou Ohno, who was at that time an engineer of refractory bricks at the Manchurian Railway Company, a Japane

Hearing Taiichi Ohno's Voice

By Jon Miller - April 15th, 2011

Many of us have read the words of Taiichi Ohno and learned from his teachings. Relatively few of us have heard his voice and even fewer have met him directly. I unearthed a gem during one of my recent efforts to organize my work, and I

Six Degrees of Taiichi Ohno

By Jon Miller - October 26th, 2010

I was recently asked my view on an idea going around the community of lean thinking people. This notion goes that in order to be a sensei one must be separated by no more than two or three degrees from Taiichi Ohno. Without any disresp

Excerpts from An Interview with Taiichi Ohno, July 16, 1984

By Jon Miller - February 16th, 2010

One of the rewards of last week’s office kaizen activity at Gemba was the discover a copy of the 1984 interview with Taiichi Ohno. The original paper An Interview with Taiichi Ohno, July 16, 1984 is in Japanese and can be found o

The Kipling Method vs. the Ohno Method

By Jon Miller - November 4th, 2009

There is an interesting story told by Toyota veterans who worked directly with Taiichi Ohno. When the great sensei and architect of the Toyota Production System was introduced to the 5W1H questions for problem solving, he said “Y

Taiichi Ohno Video on Youtube

By Jon Miller - October 14th, 2009

Only it’s in Turkish. Unfortunately that’s not one of my languages, and I can only hear brief snippets of Japanese beneath it, not enough to make out more than a few words. If any readers are capable in Turkish perhaps you

Words of Taiichi Ohno Sensei: Kaizen by Inspiration is Not Kaizen

By Jon Miller - October 13th, 2009

I was flipping through some Japanese books on sayings and speeches given by Taiichi Ohno looking for inspiration for a quick blog post when I found this passage: “Within the Toyota Production System, a lack of ability to do kaize

Taiichi Ohno Quote of the Day: My First Move

By Jon Miller - April 29th, 2009

My first move as the manager of the machine shop was to introduce standardized work. How many people can say that the first thing they did when taking on a management position was to introduce standardized work? I certainly can’t

Taiichi Ohno’s Three Lessons for the New Toyota President

By Jon Miller - February 26th, 2009

Yesterday Kevin Meyer provided a useful summary of how Toyota is getting back to basics, as described in the Wall Street Journal article titled “A Scion Drives Toyota Back to Basics”. Here are the key takeaways from both so

The Toyota Production System by Taiichi Ohno, Chapter 2 Pt.1

By Jon Miller - January 18th, 2009

Taiichi Ohno devotes fully half of his book to chapter 2. Titled “The Application of the Toyota Production System” is one hundred and one pages long and it provides the body of practical knowledge on what we call lean manuf

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