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• Good problem-solving skills
• A determination to get through resistance Point of Clarity Do not let
and failures
what you can not do, prevent
• Truly motivated introspection you from accomplishing what
• A touch of humility you can do.
• Sufficient courage

… you will see that Ohno’s method applies totally to your situation as well.

Chapter Summary
The Toyota Production System (TPS) is a quantity control system built on a solid foun-
dation of quality, and was the manufacturing system perpetuated by the strong culture
of Toyota. Herein are the two differences between Lean Manufacturing and the TPS: the
strong Toyota culture and the solid quality foundation. Both are strong manufacturing
philosophies designed to make your business more secure and a better money-making
machine through the total elimination of waste, thereby supplying what the customer
wants: value. It needs to be understood that Lean is primarily a manufacturing philosophy
and is not a business philosophy. Finally, the tools of Lean were designed for—and
work best in—what I call the Lean Stereotype, although you are only a little hard work
and imagination away from applying these tools very broadly.