The history of manufacturing continuous improvement
1.
2. Source: Aaron W. Schultz
2000 20101950 1960 1970 19801850 1900 1930 1940 1990
Eli Whitney:
Interchangeable
part
Eliyahu M.
Goldratt:
theory of
constraints
Frank Gilbreth:
Process
charts/motion
study
Henry Ford:
Assembly
Lines/Flow
Lines/Manufact
uring Strategy
Frederick
Taylor:
Standardized
work ,time
study & Work
standards
American
Civil War
Industrial
Revolution
1760-1840
WWI
WWII
Tom Matteson,
Stanley Nowlan,
Howard Heap:
Reliability Centered
Maintenance
Rajan Suri: Quick
response
manufacturing
Edward Deming,
Joseph Juran:
Total Quality
Management
Eiji Toyoda,Taichi
Ohno, Shigeo
Shingo: Toyota
Production system,
Just-in-time,
Stockless
Production,Lean
Manufacturing
Motorola:
Six Sigma
Seiichi
Nakajima:
Japanese
Institute of
Planned
Maintenance
Tokai Rubber
Industries: Total
Productiive
Maintenance
U.S.
Goverment:
world wide
Web
SAP/Server
Software:Supply
Chain
Management Apple (IPad
and apps):
Live
communicati
on and
monitoring