Toyota Production System Quotes

“Is it really economical to provide more information than we need - more quickly than we need it? This is like buying a large, high performance machine that produces too much. The extra items have to be stored in a warehouse, which increases the cost.

Toyota's just-in-time production is a way to deliver exactly what the production line needs, when it is needed. This method does not require extra inventory. Similarly, we want information only when we need it. Information sent to production should be timed exactly.”
― Taiichi Ohno, Toyota Production System: Beyond large-scale production

“All we are doing is looking at the time line, from the moment the customer gives us an order to the point when we collect the cash. And we are reducing that time line by removing the non-value-added wastes.”
― Taiichi Ohno, Toyota Production System: Beyond large-scale production