Two part video series showing the origins of Toyota. A must see for Innovation fans and Lean Manufacturing Fans.
It contains great anecdotes on automation, Poka Yoke, waste elimination, JIT, value added, Kanban, NUMMI, and the birth of Taiichi Ohno’s “Go to Gemba”.
These videos will do away with any thought that Lean is to blame for Toyota's current quality problems.
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