Quotes by the Father of the Toyota Production System.

“Where there is no standard there can be no Kaizen.” ~Taiichi Ohno, Father of the Toyota Production System.

“Costs do not exist to be calculated. Costs exists to be reduced.” ~Taiichi Ohno.

“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.

“Progress cannot be generated when we are satisfied with existing situations.”

“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 Even last month’s manual should be out of date.”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

“All we are doing is looking at the time line, from the moment the customer gives us an order to the point when we collection the cash. And we are reducing the time line by reducing the non-value adding wastes.” ~Taiichi Ohno, Father of the Toyota Production System.

“Having no problems is the biggest problem of all.” ~Taiichi Ohno

“Standards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves.”

“If you are going to do TPS (Toyota Production System) 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