INVENTOR

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Taiichi Ohno has received more than 639,201 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Taiichi Ohno is the 124th most popular inventor (down from 103rd in 2019), the 377th most popular biography from China (down from 266th 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 124 out of 426. Before him are Hiram Maxim, Theobald Boehm, Percy Spencer, Josef Ressel, Johann Jacob Schweppe, and Henri Giffard. After him are Nikolai Kardashev, Hugo Schmeisser, Samuel Crompton, Mary Anderson, Robert Adler, and Elisha Gray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Taiichi Ohno ranks 73. Before him are Pat Nixon, A. E. van Vogt, Ivan Yakubovsky, György Sárosi, Shoichi Nishimura, and Julia Child. After him are Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Abbé Pierre, Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, Chaïm Perelman, Kamala Sohonie, and Dinmukhamed Kunaev. Among people deceased in 1990, Taiichi Ohno ranks 50. Before him are Ivan Serov, Reinaldo Arenas, Yiannis Ritsos, Angelo Schiavio, Alexander Pechersky, and Art Blakey. After him are Jill Ireland, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Delphine Seyrig, Philippe Soupault, Sammy Davis Jr., and Aaron Copland.

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In China

Among people born in China, Taiichi Ohno ranks 377 out of 1,610. Before him are Xu Guangqi (1562), Bei Dao (1949), Zhang Daoling (34), 11th Dalai Lama (1838), Emperor Zhaozong of Tang (867), and Guo Xi (1020). After him are Gengshi Emperor (null), Emperor Shunzong of Tang (761), Su Song (1020), Lin Yutang (1895), Zhuge Zhan (227), and Emperor Zhi of Han (138).

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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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