Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Definitions

Glossary terms, history, people and definitions about Lean and Six Sigma

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Shigeo Shingō (1909-1990) was a Japanese industrial engineer who was heavily involved in the development and promotion of the Toyota...

Eiji Toyoda (12 September 1913 – 17 September 2013) was largely responsible for bringing Toyota Motor Corporation to profitability and...

Jidoka sometimes is called "autonomation," "intelligent automation," "automation with a human touch" or "automation with human intelligence." It provides machines and...

Sakichi Toyoda (February 14, 1867 – October 30, 1930) is referred to as the "King of Japanese Inventors".  He started...

Nampachi Hayashi joined Toyota Motor Company in 1966 and is one of the last direct protégés of Taiichi Ohno. He...

3P

3P is an acronym for Production Preparation Process, which is a method that focuses on eliminating waste through product and...

Sir Francis Galton (16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was an English Victorian era statistician that produced over 340 papers and books,...

CANDO is an acronym developed by Henry Ford to make the work area more organized and efficient. C = Cleaning...

George Koenigsaecker is a Board Member of the Shingo Prize, the international award for “lean enterprises,” The Association of Manufacturing...