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> [Having no problems is the biggest problem of all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taiichi-ohno/having-no-problems-is-the-biggest-problem-of-all/)

[Taiichi Ohno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taiichi-ohno/)

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## More by Taiichi Ohno

> [Something is wrong if workers do not look around each day, find things that are tedious or boring, and then rewrite the procedures. Even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taiichi-ohno/something-is-wrong-if-workers-do-not-look-around-each-day-find-things/)

[Taiichi Ohno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taiichi-ohno/)

> [Progress cannot be generated when we are satisfied with existing situations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taiichi-ohno/progress-cannot-be-generated-when-we-are-satisfied-with-existing/)

[Taiichi Ohno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taiichi-ohno/)

> [My first move as the manager of the machine shop was to introduce standardized work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taiichi-ohno/my-first-move-as-the-manager-of-the-machine-shop-was-to-introduce/)

[Taiichi Ohno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taiichi-ohno/)

> [And we are reducing the time line by reducing the non-value-added wastes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taiichi-ohno/and-we-are-reducing-the-time-line-by-reducing-the-non-value-added/)

[Taiichi Ohno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taiichi-ohno/)

> [The more inventory a company has, the less likely they will have what they need.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taiichi-ohno/the-more-inventory-a-company-has-the-less-likely-they-will-have-what/)

[Taiichi Ohno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taiichi-ohno/)

> [I’m proud to be Japanese and I wanted my country to succeed. I believed my system was a way that could help us become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taiichi-ohno/i-m-proud-to-be-japanese-and-i-wanted-my-country-to-succeed-i/)

[Taiichi Ohno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taiichi-ohno/)

> [The key to the Toyota Way and what makes Toyota stand out is not any of the individual elements…But what is important is having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taiichi-ohno/the-key-to-the-toyota-way-and-what-makes-toyota-stand-out-is-not-any/)

[Taiichi Ohno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taiichi-ohno/)

> [If you are going to do TPS you must do it all the way. You also need to change the way you think. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taiichi-ohno/if-you-are-going-to-do-tps-you-must-do-it-all-the-way-you-also-need/)

[Taiichi Ohno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taiichi-ohno/)

> [The slower but consistent tortoise causes less waste and is more desirable than the speedy hare that races ahead and then stops occasionally to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taiichi-ohno/the-slower-but-consistent-tortoise-causes-less-waste-and-is-more/)

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> [We are doomed to failure without a daily destruction of our various preconceptions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taiichi-ohno/we-are-doomed-to-failure-without-a-daily-destruction-of-our-various/)

[Taiichi Ohno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taiichi-ohno/)

> [When you are out observing on the gemba, do something to help them. If you do, people will come to expect that you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taiichi-ohno/when-you-are-out-observing-on-the-gemba-do-something-to-help-them-if/)

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> [Costs do not exist to be calculated. Costs exist to be reduced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taiichi-ohno/costs-do-not-exist-to-be-calculated-costs-exist-to-be-reduced/)

[Taiichi Ohno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taiichi-ohno/)

> [“Perhaps the more that a person is an intellectual the more they are prone to misconceptions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taiichi-ohno/perhaps-the-more-that-a-person-is-an-intellectual-the-more-they-are/)

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> [It takes great effort to follow the rules of a pull system ... thus a half-hearted introduction of a pull system brings a hundred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taiichi-ohno/it-takes-great-effort-to-follow-the-rules-of-a-pull-system-thus-a/)

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> [Where there is no Standard there can be no Kaizen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taiichi-ohno/where-there-is-no-standard-there-can-be-no-kaizen/)

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