Comments for The Toyota System

Comment on Toyota System perspective by Greg

Greg — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:10:11 +0000

Yes, I also use generalizations just to simplify the concept. 8o)

Comment on Kaizen | Continuous Improvement by Gautam

Gautam — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:00:31 +0000

I enjoyed the story. would have been better he had narrated entire story of the kaizen experience at Toyota.

Gautam

Comment on Muda | What is it? by Anna Pineda

Anna Pineda — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:33:17 +0000

Such comfort reading your article, Greg! The two larger-than-life tasks set before me will be: (1) To develop the ability to identify and see muda; (2) To campaign Muda Dori as a way of life.

Allow me to share what I discovered last night 06-10-10 in a simple gathering.
Ingredients to be “able” to see what Invisible Muda is:
L isten

A nalyze

U nderstand

G et feedback

H elping each other with action to solve (eliminate) waste

I “laugh” to persevere.
I have Taiichi Ohno’s inspiring, magic words:
To get rid of MUDA, you have to cultivate the ability to see MUDA.
And you have to think about how to get rid of the MUDA you’ve seen.
You just repeat this – always, everywhere, tirelessly and relentlessly.”

Kampai Greg! More articles from you please.

Comment on One Piece Flow by Enough Kanban! Use XP for Single-piece flow

Enough Kanban! Use XP for Single-piece flow — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:24:30 +0000

[...] challenge that Taiichi Ohno encountered decades ago when introducing Single Piece Flow at Toyota is that there is often resistance from specialists. They are more comfortable just [...]

Comment on Poka-Yoke | you can’t go wrong by Nyak Ishak

Nyak Ishak — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:21:40 +0000

Very straigh forward explanation with nice illustrations of poka yoke.

I would like to train personnel in Telco operations to practice poka yoke. any ideas? I am from Malaysia.

Nyak Ishak

Comment on Poka-Yoke | you can’t go wrong by U.S.RATHEESH

U.S.RATHEESH — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:10:28 +0000

Good Article…… Is there any way to apply Poka Yoke in purchase Process starting from sending enquiries to printing of Purchase Orders ?

Comment on Toyota System perspective by gunritoserumo

gunritoserumo — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:08:34 +0000

You Exaggerate.

Comment on Kaizen | Continuous Improvement by Jahndroff Y Mantles

Jahndroff Y Mantles — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:04:23 +0000

WHAT….goes DOWN in an organization

while

HOW…comes UP in an Organization

Management knows what is wrong, they have all the data and see the BIG picture.. but their vision is near sighted as to HOW the problem can be solved.

Workers in a process don’t know what might be wrong they have limited vision of the organization as a WHOLE, but they know HOW to solve a problem that they deal with daily as they understand it.

By teaming up with a KNOWN problem to be solved Management can provide the leadership and empower workers to solve problems using the workers expertise of HOW it can be done.

EASY

Comment on Poka-Yoke | you can’t go wrong by “Smart” applications « Riverside Publishing Next Generation Blog

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:36:06 +0000

[...] The Japanese have a term – poka-yoke – which means “fail-safing” or “mistake-proofing.” The concept of poka-yoke first emerged as part of the Japanese “lean manufacturing” process made… In this process, a poka-yoke is any mechanism that helps an equipment operator (yokeru) avoid [...]

Comment on Poka-Yoke | you can’t go wrong by Justin Hunter

Justin Hunter — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:44:35 +0000

Good post.

I liked the rubber band example.

I have a related post on my blog that highlights another aspect of the Toyota System and its relevance to software development and testing:

http://hexawise.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/what-else-can-software-development-and-testing-learn-from-manufacturing-dont-forget-design-of-experiments/

- Justin Hunter