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

Costs do not exist to be calculated. Costs exist to be reduced.

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

I’m 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.

Having no problems is the biggest problem of all.

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.

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.