<story><title>Shoichiro Toyoda, who turned Toyota into global automaker, has died</title><url>https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230214/p2g/00m/0bu/043000c</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ChrisMarshallNY</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; establishing a culture of quality control that helped Toyota evolve into a world-leading automaker.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;A lot of the JIT stuff that is so common, these days, was revolutionary, when he introduced it.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m told that many agile techniques also had their genesis in his work.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ughitsaaron</author><text>&amp;gt; I&amp;#x27;m told that many agile techniques also had their genesis in his work&lt;p&gt;The “kanban” interfaces definitely originate from Toyota. Scrum was influenced by Toyota’s management techniques, among others. I believe other familiar concepts, e.g. “kaizen” or continuous improvement, also originate from Toyota.</text></comment>
<story><title>Shoichiro Toyoda, who turned Toyota into global automaker, has died</title><url>https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230214/p2g/00m/0bu/043000c</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ChrisMarshallNY</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; establishing a culture of quality control that helped Toyota evolve into a world-leading automaker.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;A lot of the JIT stuff that is so common, these days, was revolutionary, when he introduced it.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m told that many agile techniques also had their genesis in his work.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>oblio</author><text>I wonder if Deming (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;W._Edwards_Deming#Japan&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;W._Edwards_Deming#Japan&lt;/a&gt;) contributed to the Toyota Way? A lot of the Toyota Way seems inspired by his teachings.</text></comment>