It takes great effort to follow the rules of a pull system ... thus a half-hearted introduction of a pull system brings a hundred harms and not a single gain.
No goal, regardless of how small can be achieved without adequate training.
My first move as the manager of the machine shop was to introduce standardized work.
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.
Iām proud to be Japanese and I wanted my country to succeed. I believed my system was a way that could help us become a modern industrial nation. That is why I had no problem with sharing it with other Japanese companies, even my biggest competitors.