Business Quote by Taiichi Ohno Download Open image “Costs do not exist to be calculated. Costs exist to be reduced.” — Taiichi Ohno ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Business Cost Funny Inspirational Lean manufacturing Love
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There's a financial cost, but the only costs that are ever real are the costs of our soldiers. — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Something is wrong if workers do not look around each day, find things that are tedious or boring, and then rewrite the procedures. Even… — Taiichi Ohno Copy Share Image
Progress cannot be generated when we are satisfied with existing situations. — Taiichi Ohno Copy Share Image
My first move as the manager of the machine shop was to introduce standardized work. — Taiichi Ohno Copy Share Image
And we are reducing the time line by reducing the non-value-added wastes. — Taiichi Ohno Copy Share Image
The more inventory a company has, the less likely they will have what they need. — Taiichi Ohno Copy Share Image
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… — Taiichi Ohno Copy Share Image
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… — Taiichi Ohno Copy Share Image
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We are doomed to failure without a daily destruction of our various preconceptions. — Taiichi Ohno Copy Share Image
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