Shoichiro Toyoda, who turned Toyota into global automaker, dies at 97

Re:Shoichiro Toyoda, who turned Toyota into global automaker... by jlg23 on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @04:44PM (#34811031)

Or maybe it is the result of filling hollow, generic advice with some meaning. I'd really love to hear the original advice given by western consultants.

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Re:Shoichiro Toyoda, who turned Toyota into global automaker... by pjscott on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @09:02PM (#34813993)

Deming had some genuinely counterintuitive stuff to say. The focus on reducing variance was obvious in retrospect, once you do the math, but important at the time.

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