1.1 People Flashcards
Kiichiro Toyoda
Created the idea of Kaizen; founder of the Toyota Motor Corporation
Sakichi Toyoda
Developed the idea of automation; founder of Toyoda Loom Works
Taiichi Ono
“Father of JIT”; created TPS
Eiji Toyoda
Guided the Toyota Motor Corporation towards the market; involved in developing TPS and JIT
Henry Ford
Developed the Assembly Line; allowed for commercial distribution of automobiles
Eli Whitney
Invented interchangeable parts; invented the cottin gin
Jerome H. Lemelson
Introduced and developed the idea of FMS
Jeffrey Liker
Creates a book formalizing 14 principles of Lean Manufacturing
Walter Shewhart
Created the normal Curve/Standard Deviation/Statistical Process Control, and Control Charts; created PDSA
William Edwards Deming
helped to advance the idea of Kaizen
Masaaki Imai
first to introduce the idea of Kaizen to both Europe and North America; published two books
Bill Smith
Created and implemented Six Sigma and DMAIC at Motorola
Michael Harry
Helped to create and implement Six Sigma; creator of the “belt” system
Larry Bossidy
CEO of Allied Signal/Honeywell; involved customer feedback in the process of selecting projects
Jack Welch
brings Six Sigma to global popularity
Leonardo Da Vinci
First introduced the concept of robotics
Isaac Asimov
Created three laws that robots have to follow
Joseph Engelberger
“Father of Robotics”; created the patent for the first robot
George Devol
the inventor of the first robot arm and revolutionized the industry
Marvin Minsky
Credited for all his work in AI
Ichiro Kato
First to make androids, or human robots
Richard Arkwright
Invents an automated spinning mill (one of the first fully automated industrial processes
Charles Babbage
Developed Analytical Engine (first automatic computer)
Joseph Marie Jacquard
Developed automatic loom that punched cards; inspired the idea of computing
