Taiichi Ohno (大野 耐一, February 29, 1912 - May 28, 1990) is considered to be the father of the Toyota Production System, also known as Just In Time or JIT. He has written several books about the system, the most popular of which is Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production. He was an employee first of the Toyoda family's Toyoda Spinning, then moved to the motor company in 1939, and gradually rose through the ranks to become an executive. February 29 is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 306 days remaining. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... The Toyota Production System (TPS) (トヨタ生産方式) is the framework and philosophy organizing the manufacturing facilities at Toyota and the interaction of these facilities with the suppliers and customers. ... See also Just-in-time for the compiler system in computing. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Taiichi Ohno's family name is Ohno. In the Asian convention, he would be known as Ohno Taiichi. Alternative spellings include Tai'ichi and Ōno.

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See also

• Shigeo Shingo

Shigeo Shingo (1909-1990) was a Japanese industrial engineer who was one of the lesser-known but still highly regarded people to work with quality systems, compared to W. Edwards Deming and Walter A. Shewhart. ...

Published works

• Ohno, Taiichi (1988), Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production, Productivity Press, ISBN 0915299143
• Ohno, Taiichi (1988), Workplace Management, Productivity Press, ISBN 0915299194