Taiichi Ohno
1912 – 1990 · Japan · Business, Engineering
Designed the Toyota Production System — lean manufacturing worldwide.
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- Henry Ford
1863 – 1947 · Business, Engineering
Ohno built the Toyota Production System by inverting Ford's batch-and-inventory model.
- W. Edwards Deming
1900 – 1993 · Business, Statistics
Statistical quality control taught in postwar Japan is embedded in jidoka and kaizen.
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