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Taiichi Ohno TPS开创者 Taiichi Ohno, an engineer and former Toyota executive, conceived and launched the fabled Toyota Production System (TPS). TPS facilitates the production of high-quality goods in the quickest and most efficient way possible. The concept revolutionized the Japanese automotive industry, as well as manufacturing systems around the world. Ohno graduated from Nagoya Higher Technical School (now called Nagoya Institute of Technology) in 1932 with a degree in mechanical engineering. Upon graduation, he was hired at Toyoda Automatic Loom Works Ltd. (Now called Toyota Industries Corporation). Ohno moved to the Toyota Motor Company in 1943. Three years later he was promoted to manage Machine Shop #2 and #3 at the Koromo Plant. In 1948, alongside Eiji Toyoda, he first started working on ideas to increase productivity and reduce wasted resources. TPS builds off the philosophy of Just-in-Time (JIT) production, created by the founder of Toyota, Sakichi Toyoda, and his
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