The more inventory a company has, the less likely they will have what they need.
No one has more trouble than the person who claims to have no trouble
We are doomed to failure without a daily destruction of our various preconceptions.
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.
Without standards, there can be no improvement.
My first move as the manager of the machine shop was to introduce standardized work.