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:''Machines and robots do not think for themselves or evolve on their own. Rather, they evolve as we transfer our skills and craftsmanship to them. In other words, craftsmanship is achieved by learning the basic principles of manufacturing through manual work, then applying them on the factory floor to steadily make improvements. This cycle of improvement in both human skills and technologies is the essence of Toyota's [[jidoka]].<ref>Literally, “automation with a human touch”.</ref> ''Advancing [[jidoka]] in this way helps to reinforce both our manufacturing competitiveness and human resource development''. | :''Machines and robots do not think for themselves or evolve on their own. Rather, they evolve as we transfer our skills and craftsmanship to them. In other words, craftsmanship is achieved by learning the basic principles of manufacturing through manual work, then applying them on the factory floor to steadily make improvements. This cycle of improvement in both human skills and technologies is the essence of Toyota's [[jidoka]].<ref>Literally, “automation with a human touch”.</ref> ''Advancing [[jidoka]] in this way helps to reinforce both our manufacturing competitiveness and human resource development''. | ||
===It’s about your people, not the [[management consultant]]s you hire=== | |||
Sure, you can sluice the [[waste]] out of your Augean stables — there’s nothing more satisfying than a spring clean — but the Toyota methodology is very clear that, long term, things will revert to how they were unless your organisation commits, through permanent staff, to a continual process of improvement. It won’t do to drop a hundred grand on a six-sigma black belt for three months to fix everything for you. | |||
The reasons for this are as obvious as they are routinely ignored: projects, priorities and processes change, and the path of least resistance is to layer a new process over an old one. [[Barnacles]] quickly accrete unless your staff are themselves permanently committed to process excellence. | |||
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