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Hat tip to John Shook and the Lean Enterprise Institute for pointing this out via his email newsletter – today would have been the 100th birthday of Taiichi Ohno, usually credited as one of the creators of the Toyota Production System, the basis for “Lean.” See his profile on Wikipedia – Taiichi Ohno (February 29, 1912 [...]
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I'd bet one that one of the greatest indicators of success for a Lean effort is tied back to the original question of "why are we doing Lean?"Taiichi Ohno, one of the inventors of the Toyota Production System, always said "start fro... Read Post

Please upgrade your browser MP3 File (run time 30:18) Episode #141 is a chat with Norman Bodek, as he shares his recollections of working with Taiichi Ohno, one of the creators of the Toyota Production System. Norman met and worked ... Read Post

Here is a transcript of last week’s podcast with Eric Ries talking about the impact that Toyota legend Taiichi Ohno had on his work and the Lean Startup movement. This discussion took place just after the 100th anniversary of Mr. Oh... Read Post