June 2021
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
4h 57m
English
book
Strategic KAIZEN™: Using Flow, Synchronization, and Leveling [FSL™] Assessment to Measure and Strengthen Operational Performance
by Masaaki Imai
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MITSUTOSHI SATO’S CASE STUDIES
Mitsutoshi Sato joined Toyota Motor Corporation in 1965 with mechanical engineering degrees from the Keio University. His training was started on the second day of his employment. He was assigned to the production control department’s night shift work in the Motomachi assembly plant.
Later in the same year, he was transferred to the production control department. His main task was to follow the design changes at the request of the head office. Fujio Cho, who later became president and chairman of Toyota, was his immediate boss.
During his early years, Sato worked as internal consultant under Taiichi Ohno who sent him to Toyota factories as well as to Toyota’s suppliers to conduct gemba kaizen consultations. ...
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