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Taiichi Ohno

1912 - 1990

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Ohno Taiichi (大野耐一, Ōno Taiichi; February 29, 1912 – May 28, 1990) was a Japanese industrial engineer and businessman. He is considered to be the father of the Toyota Production System, which inspired Lean Manufacturing in the U.S. He devised the seven wastes (or muda in Japanese) as part of this system. He wrote several books about the system, including Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Taiichi Ohno is the 141st most popular inventor (down from 124th in 2019), the 404th most popular biography from China (down from 378th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Chinese Inventor.

Taiichi Ohno is most famous for his work in the Toyota Production System. He is credited with developing the concept of just-in-time manufacturing, which is a system of inventory management that reduces waste by producing only what is needed and when it is needed.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Taiichi Ohno ranks 141 out of 426. Before him are Josef Ressel, Hugo Schmeisser, Zénobe Gramme, Elias Howe, Mary the Jewess, and Jean-Pierre Blanchard. After him are Louis Le Prince, Cornelis Drebbel, John Kay, Robert Stirling, Peter Cooper, and Siegfried Marcus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Taiichi Ohno ranks 90. Before him are Ertuğrul Osman, Hugh Griffith, Michael Wilding, Petar Stambolić, Kamala Sohonie, and Rihei Sano. After him are Princess Deokhye, Lady Bird Johnson, Sohn Kee-chung, Julia Child, Philibert Tsiranana, and Marina Raskova. Among people deceased in 1990, Taiichi Ohno ranks 62. Before him are Edward A. Murphy Jr., Jill Ireland, Arthur Samuel, Vasili Kuznetsov, Philippe Soupault, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. After him are Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Manuel Puig, Nina Kulagina, Meir Kahane, Edmund Conen, and Art Blakey.

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In China

Among people born in China, Taiichi Ohno ranks 404 out of 1,610. Before him are Jin Youzhi (1918), Zhu Wen (852), Emperor Shun of Han (115), Liang Qichao (1873), Shannon Lucid (1943), and Zhou Dunyi (1017). After him are Gan Ying (100), Gampopa (1079), Wei Zheng (580), Zhao Mengfu (1254), Huang Gai (145), and Emperor Chong of Han (143).

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Among INVENTORS In China

Among inventors born in China, Taiichi Ohno ranks 4. Before him are Cai Lun (48), Charles K. Kao (1933), and Bi Sheng (990). After him are Yuan Longping (1930), Thonmi Sambhota (618), An Wang (1920), and Robin Li (1968).

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