Standards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves.
Taiichi OhnoIf you are going to do kaizen continuouslyyou've got to assume that things are a mess. Too many people just assume that things are all right the way they are. Aren't you guys convinced that the way you're doing things is the right way? That's no way to get anything done. Kaizen is about changing the way things are. If you assume that things are all right the way they are, you can't do kaizen. So change something!
Taiichi OhnoThe only place that work and motion are the same thing is the zoo where people pay to see the animals move around
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