Taiichi Ohno
29 February 1912 – 28 May 1990
Taiichi Ohno (1912–1990) was a Japanese industrial engineer and Toyota executive regarded as the principal architect of the Toyota Production System, the just-in-time manufacturing approach that later became known internationally as lean manufacturing. He joined the Toyoda group in 1932, rose to executive vice president of Toyota Motor Company, and set out his methods in the 1978 book Toyota Production System.
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Life events
Born in Dalian (then Dairen), in the Japanese-leased Kwantung territory of China, and raised in Japan.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCompleted studies in mechanical engineering at Nagoya Technical High School.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgBegan his career at the Toyoda family's textile company, where he encountered its practices for eliminating waste.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMoved to the automobile business during the Second World War and took charge of machine shop operations.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgOver the postwar decades he introduced just-in-time production, kanban signalling and the elimination of waste across Toyota's plants.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPromoted to executive vice president after serving as a director and managing director of the company.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRetired from Toyota Motor Company and published his account of the system in Japanese; an English edition followed in 1988.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAfter retiring from Toyota he continued as a consultant and held board positions at group companies including Toyoda Gosei.
Died in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, at the age of 78.
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