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Scrap doesn't come for free, we pay someone to make it. -- W. Edwards Deming
The most effective way to improve productivity is to eliminate work. -- William E. Conway, Jr.
We have to grasp not only the Know-How but also 'Know Why', if we want to master the Toyota Production System. -- Shigeo Shingo
It takes great effort to follow the rules of a pull system ... thus a half-hearted introduction of a pull system brings a hundred harms and not a single gain. -- Taiichi Ohno
I regarded our progress merely as an invitation to do more - as an indication that we had reached a place where we might begin to perform a real service. -- Henry Ford
The Toyota style is not to create results by working hard. It is a system that says there is no limit to people's creativity. People don't go to Toyota to 'work' they go there to 'think'. -- Taiichi Ohno
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 the time line by reducing the non-value adding wastes. -- Taiichi Ohno
Sustainability at Nike means being laser-focused on evolving our business model to deliver profitable growth while leveraging the efficiencies of lean manufacturing, minimizing our environmental impact and using the tools available to us to bring about positive change across our entire supply chain. -- Mark Parker

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