TAICHI OHNO

TPS Beyond Large Scale Production

• Autonomation- automation with human touch

• Kanban- sign board• Baka-yoke- fool proofing• Visual control- Management By Sight (MBS)

“A revolution in consciousness is indispensible”

• Andon- line stop indication board

“Time is the shadow of motion”

• Team work is everything• Production leveling• Load smoothing

• Tact time

• Operating time

• Operable time

• Waste (muda)• Inconsistency (mura)• Unreasonableness (muri)

• Management by Ninjutsu (the art of invisibility)

• Multi process operation system • Baton passing zone

• “In a company, it is more worthwhile to work in a area where there are problems due to dwindling sales than in an area where sales are rising”

Human creativity selects and interprets the information