Data is of course important in manufacturing, but I place the greatest emphasis on facts.

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.

Also, bad quality causes big disruptions in my river system.

The only place that work and motion are the same thing is the zoo where people pay to see the animals move around

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.

No one has more trouble than the person who claims to have no trouble

The more inventory a company has, the less likely they will have what they need.