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"The  only place where  work and motion are the same thing is at the zoo where

people pay money to see the animals move around."

T A I I C H I OHNO

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"Without standards, there can be no

Kaizen."

T A I I C H I O H N O

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W O R D S O F W I S D O M

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"We are doomed to failure without a daily

destruction of our various perceptions."

T A I I C H I OHNO

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"Having no problems is the biggest

problem of all."

T A I I C H I OHNO

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W O R D S O F W I S D O M

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“Data is, of course, important in manufacturing,

but I place the greatest emphasis on facts.”

T A I I C H I OHNO

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“No goal, regardless of how small can be achieved without

adequate training.”

T A I I C H I OHNO

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"Standards should not be

set down from above, but

rather set by production

workers themselves."

T A I I C H I OHNO

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“People who can't understand

numbers are useless...However,

people who only look at the

numbers are the worst of all.”

T A I I C H I OHNO

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“The more inventory a

company has, the less

likely they will have what

they need.”

T A I I C H I OHNO

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"Progress cannot be generated when we are satisfied  with

existing solutions."

T A I I C H I OHNO