At Toyota, having engineers or managers stand inside a circle drawn with chalk for a long time is one of the most famous learning practices of TPS. Because this method was often applied by Taiichi Ohno, it is known as the “Ohno Circle”. 🎯 Core Purpose:🟢 To see reality (Genchi Genbutsu)🟢 To understand processes from […]
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Let’s set up a suggestion system; let’s have boxes on the wall, cute suggestion forms, and rewards… Let the suggestions pour in, let the money roll in! 📦 Box on the wall📃 Suggestion forms exist💶 Even rewards exist❌ No suggestions, no results ⚠️ IN REALITYSuggestions go unanswered. After a while, the employee stops writing suggestions […]
The Name of Chaos is Always a Planning Problem…Production Planning ➡️ Material Planning ➡️ Purchasing In TPS (Toyota Production System), chaos is not a lack of planning, but the loss or confusion of process ownership. When these three departments are not clearly separated, what emerges is: A systematic failure disguised as a planning problem. In […]
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How do you measure the success of Lean Transformations? How do you measure the success of Lean Transformations? Is it necessary to achieve financial gains to deem a Lean Transformation truly successful, or is an increase in employee satisfaction sufficient? Can a Lean Transformation be considered unsuccessful if customer satisfaction does not improve? Can we […]
