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WHERE DID IT START? THE HISTORY OF LEAN
If you’ve ever wondered where the spark for lean first arose, look no further than the loom. The humble piece of equipment is responsible for inspiring an entire industry to shift it’s thinking, and it introduced the foundations for the process we now know as lean manufacturing. It was the early 1900s,and Sakichi Toyoda scratched his head at the same frustrations that many production managers face today: equipment breakdowns,halted productivity,and projects not being completed on time. Toyoda wasn’t making cars quite yet —Sakichi’s original business was weaving.His company used looms to weave textiles,and the equipment kept breaking down. Instead of throwing his hands up in the air and fixing the broken parts for the hundredth time,Sakachi took a closer look at the entire process and why it wasn’t working efficiently.Seeing that the manual machines required a lot of upkeep for not a lot of output,he built an automated loom.After observing how that machine cut down on waste and breakdowns, Sakichi made multiple machines like it,and he put a system in place that would allowworkers to fix issues on the fly. Instead of looking at one individual machine,Sakichi looked at the process as a whole to see what could be improved.And he didn’t stop at the new looms — inspired by the Kaizen tenet of daily improvements,Sakichi kept inventing new components that improved the entire weaving process and allowed for increased productivity throughout his company. Sakichi’s son,Kiichiro,continued his father’s innovations,eventually applying the same concepts that had been successful for looms to making cars,and Toyota was born.Since the beginning,Toyoda’s processes have been built on the philosophy that “the ideal conditions for making things are created when machines,facilities,and people work together to add value without generating any waste.” Thanks to Toyota’s innovations,we now apply these ideas to our ownmanufacturing processes to eliminate waste and help things run smoothly.
HOLIDAY ROAST PRIME RIB
• 1 bone-in prime rib (6–7 pounds) • 8 cloves garlic, thinly sliced • 2 cups red wine INGREDIENTS
• 4 cups beef stock • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped • Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
INSTRUCTIONS 1. 30 minutes before cooking, remove roast from fridge and let sit until it reaches room temperature. 2. Heat oven to 350 F. 3. Make small slits in prime rib and stuff with slices of garlic. Liberally season with salt and pepper. 4. Place a rack inside a roasting pan and roast prime rib for 2 hours, until medium-rare. 5. To make au jus, place roasting pan with drippings from roast over 2 burners on high. Add wine and scrape pan as liquid reduces. Add beef stock and cook until reduced by half. Finally, sprinkle in thyme. 6. Slice roast and serve topped with au jus.
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