1.
Progress cannot be generated when we are satisfied with existing situations.
Taiichi Ohno
Advancement cannot be achieved when we are content with current circumstances.
2.
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
3.
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
The Toyota model does not generate accomplishments by intensive labor. It is a system which asserts that individuals' innovativeness is boundless. People do not go to Toyota to 'toil' they go there to 'imagine'.
4.
Having no problems is the biggest problem of all.
Taiichi Ohno
Not having any issues is the greatest difficulty of all.
5.
Make your workplace into showcase that can be understood by everyone at a glance. In terms of quality, it means to make the defects immediately apparent. In terms of quantity, it means that progress or delay, measured against the plan, and is made immediately apparent. When this is done, problems can be discovered immediately, and everyone can initiate improvement plans.
Taiichi Ohno
6.
Without standards, there can be no improvement.
Taiichi Ohno
Without benchmarks, there can be no advancement.
7.
Standards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves.
Taiichi Ohno
'The creation of criteria should not be mandated from a higher authority but rather determined by the people doing the work.'
8.
We are doomed to failure without a daily destruction of our various preconceptions.
Taiichi Ohno
We are guaranteed to be unsuccessful without a continual dismantling of our diverse preconceptions.
9.
The more inventory a company has, the less likely they will have what they need.
Taiichi Ohno
The greater the stockpile of a corporation, the less probable it is that they will possess what is required.
10.
The slower but consistent tortoise causes less waste and is more desirable than the speedy hare that races ahead and then stops occasionally to doze. The Toyota Production System can be realized only when all the workers become tortoises.
Taiichi Ohno
11.
If you are going to do kaizen continuouslyyou'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
12.
Data is of course important in manufacturing, but I place the greatest emphasis on facts.
Taiichi Ohno
I prioritize facts above all else in manufacturing, but data remains relevant.
13.
Costs do not exist to be calculated. Costs exist to be reduced.
Taiichi Ohno
'Expenditure should not be reckoned; it ought to be trimmed.'
14.
Where there is no Standard there can be no Kaizen
Taiichi Ohno
15.
When you are out observing on the gemba, do something to help them. If you do, people will come to expect that you can help them and will look forward to seeing you again on the gemba.
Taiichi Ohno
16.
The key to the Toyota Way and what makes Toyota stand out is not any of the individual elements…But what is important is having all the elements together as a system. It must be practiced every day in a very consistent manner, not in spurts.
Taiichi Ohno
17.
No goal, regardless of how small can be achieved without adequate training.
Taiichi Ohno
No objective, regardless of its size, can be accomplished without suitable preparation.
18.
If you are going to do TPS you must do it all the way. You also need to change the way you think. You need to change how you look at things.
Taiichi Ohno
If you are going to undertake TPS, you must do it completely. You have to alter your perspective. You need to modify the way you observe things.
19.
Ask 'why' five times about every matter.
Taiichi Ohno
Inquire deeply into every matter.
20.
No one has more trouble than the person who claims to have no trouble
Taiichi Ohno
'No one faces more adversity than the person who professes to be without strife.'
21.
The only place that work and motion are the same thing is the zoo where people pay to see the animals move around
Taiichi Ohno
The only place where effort and locomotion are synonymous is the zoological garden, where visitors pay to observe the animals in motion.
22.
And we are reducing the time line by reducing the non-value-added wastes.
Taiichi Ohno
We are cutting down the timeline by eliminating unnecessary inefficiencies.
23.
Something is wrong if workers do not look around each day, find things that are tedious or boring, and then rewrite the procedures. Even last month's manual should be out of date
Taiichi Ohno
24.
It takes great effort to follow the rules of a pull system ... thus a half-hearted introduction of a pull system brings a hundred harms and not a single gain.
Taiichi Ohno
25.
My first move as the manager of the machine shop was to introduce standardized work.
Taiichi Ohno
26.
I’m proud to be Japanese and I wanted my country to succeed. I believed my system was a way that could help us become a modern industrial nation. That is why I had no problem with sharing it with other Japanese companies, even my biggest competitors.
Taiichi Ohno
27.
Also, bad quality causes big disruptions in my river system.
Taiichi Ohno