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1.1 People Flashcards

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Kiichiro Toyoda

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Created the idea of Kaizen; founder of the Toyota Motor Corporation

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Sakichi Toyoda

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Developed the idea of automation; founder of Toyoda Loom Works

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Taiichi Ono

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“Father of JIT”; created TPS

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Eiji Toyoda

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Guided the Toyota Motor Corporation towards the market; involved in developing TPS and JIT

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Henry Ford

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Developed the Assembly Line; allowed for commercial distribution of automobiles

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Eli Whitney

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Invented interchangeable parts; invented the cottin gin

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Jerome H. Lemelson

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Introduced and developed the idea of FMS

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Jeffrey Liker

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Creates a book formalizing 14 principles of Lean Manufacturing

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Walter Shewhart

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Created the normal Curve/Standard Deviation/Statistical Process Control, and Control Charts; created PDSA

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William Edwards Deming

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helped to advance the idea of Kaizen

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Masaaki Imai

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first to introduce the idea of Kaizen to both Europe and North America; published two books

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Bill Smith

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Created and implemented Six Sigma and DMAIC at Motorola

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Michael Harry

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Helped to create and implement Six Sigma; creator of the “belt” system

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Larry Bossidy

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CEO of Allied Signal/Honeywell; involved customer feedback in the process of selecting projects

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Jack Welch

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brings Six Sigma to global popularity

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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First introduced the concept of robotics

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Isaac Asimov

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Created three laws that robots have to follow

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Joseph Engelberger

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“Father of Robotics”; created the patent for the first robot

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George Devol

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the inventor of the first robot arm and revolutionized the industry

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Marvin Minsky

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Credited for all his work in AI

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Ichiro Kato

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First to make androids, or human robots

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Richard Arkwright

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Invents an automated spinning mill (one of the first fully automated industrial processes

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Charles Babbage

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Developed Analytical Engine (first automatic computer)

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Joseph Marie Jacquard

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Developed automatic loom that punched cards; inspired the idea of computing

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Oliver Evans

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Developed the bucket elevator

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Dr. Joseph Harrington

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Coined the term “Computer-Integrated Manufacturing”

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Douglas T. Ross

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Developed the term “CAD”

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Dr. Patrick Hanratty

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Developed an early prototype of CAD

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Dr. Ivan Sutherland

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Created the first official CAD app

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John Parsons

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Credited with the start of NC with help from MIT

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John Krafcik

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Created the term “Lean Manufacturing”

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James Womack, Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos

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Formalized the term “Lean Manufacturing” and its principles in articles

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