1.
There are four purposes of improvement: easier, better, faster, and cheaper. These four goals appear in the order of priority.
Shigeo Shingo
There are four aims of enhancement: simpler, superior, quicker, and less expensive. These four objectives come in the sequence of importance.
2.
Improvement usually means doing something that we have never done before.
Shigeo Shingo
Advancement
3.
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
A relentless deluge of 'inquiries' is the best way to ready your intellect to penetrate the shadowy curtain of thought caused by the accepted standard. Utilize it regularly.
4.
The best approach is to dig out and eliminate problems where they were assumed not to exist.
Shigeo Shingo
Unearth and expunge difficulties in places they were thought to be absent.
5.
The most dangerous kind of waste is the waste we do not recognize.
Shigeo Shingo
The most perilous kind of neglect is the disregard we fail to acknowledge.
6.
Lean is a way of thinking- not a list of things to do
Shigeo Shingo
'Lean is an attitude of mind- not a catalog of tasks to accomplish.’
7.
Are you too busy for improvement? Frequently, I am rebuffed by people who say they are too busy and have no time for such activities. I make it a point to respond by telling people, look, you’ll stop being busy either when you die or when the company goes bankrupt.
Shigeo Shingo
8.
Unless you change direction, you will end up where you are headed.
Shigeo Shingo
9.
It's only the last turn of a bolt that tightens it - the rest is just movement.
Shigeo Shingo
10.
Those who are not dissatisfied will never make any progress
Shigeo Shingo
11.
When you buy bananas all you want is the fruit not the skin, but you have to pay for the skin also. It is a waste. And you the customer should not have to pay for the waste.
Shigeo Shingo
12.
We have to grasp not only the Know-How but also 'Know Why', if we want to master the Toyota Production System.
Shigeo Shingo
13.
Even the greatest idea can become meaningless in the rush to judgement. To gauge an idea as feasible we must cut our ties to the status quo and find the balance between constructive criticism and judgment. Within that balance we will uncover crucial input for making our ideas a reality.
Shigeo Shingo