Costs do not exist to be calculated. Costs exist to be reduced.
Having no problems is the biggest problem of all.
Without standards, there can be no improvement.
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.
Progress cannot be generated when we are satisfied with existing situations.
The only place that work and motion are the same thing is the zoo where people pay to see the animals move around