What Is Taiichi Ohno Known For?
What Is Taiichi Ohno Known For? Ohno Taiichi, (born 1912, Manchuria, China—died May 28, 1990, Toyota City, Japan), Japanese production-control expert for the Toyota Motor Co. whose just-in-time system (kanban) revolutionized manufacturing methods. Where did Taiichi Ohno find his inspiration for Lean Thinking? Ohno, in the 1930s, had been told that it took nine Japanese