top ten taiichi ohno quotes dozuki
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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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"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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“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