top 10 lean manufacturing quotes by henry ford
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H E N R Y F O R D
Arguably one of the first to implement
Just In Time and Lean Manufacturing
techniques in his Model T factories,
Ford was able to bring the automobile
to America. Although some of his
quotes are controversial, his
manufacturing wisdom still holds true
today. We've compiled a list of the top
10 lean manufacturing quotes by Henry
Ford to remind us of his wisdom.
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"The greatest thing in life is experience. Even mistakes have value."
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"When everything seems to be going against you, remember, an airplane
takes off against the wind, not with it."
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"Many people are busy trying to find better ways of doing things that should not have to be done at all. There is no progress in
merely finding a better way to do a useless thing."
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“Quality means doing it right when no one is
looking.”
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"Be ready to revise anysystem, scrap any
method, abandon anytheory, if the success of
the job requires it."
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"If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes
care of itself."H E N R Y F O R D S
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"To resent efficiency isa mark of inefficiency."
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"If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said a faster
horse." H E N R Y F O R D
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"The only real mistake is the one from which
we learn nothing."
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"Man minus the Machine is a slave;
Man plus the Machine is a freeman."
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