Soy argentina y busco el origen de mi apellido, agrdezco cualquier info,desde ya gracias

Holla Beatriz,

A palavra "Genchi" utilizado no Sistema Toyota de Produção ou também conhecido como Lean Manufacturing refere-se ao local onde os fatos acontecem. O ideograma "gen" significa atual, tempo presente, no momento e o "chi" significa terra, área, local. Juntas significam o local real ou também ao próprio local de trabalho. Esperamos que estas informacoes possam ajudá-la.

Muchas gracias,
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Hello Beatriz,

The word "Genchi" which is very commonly used for those who work with the Toyota Production System also known as Lean Manufacturing refers to the place where the things really happen. In other words, the real place. The ideogram "gen" means current, present, at the moment, and the ideogram "chi" means earth, area, place. Together they mean the real place or the workplace. I hope that this information helps you anyhow.

Thank you,

hola soy irving genchi, soy de mexico ... acabo de leer tu mensaje y nosotros tambien estamos buscando a nuestros origenes asi ke espero ke nos podamos poner en contacto de cualquier forma.adios mi correo es genchi_irv14@hotmail.com

Holla Irving,

Segundo Sr. Brad Schmidt - Gemba Research Managing Partner - não temos conhecimento de nenhuma família com o sobrenome "Genchi" no Japão.

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Hello Irving,

Based on Mr. Brad Schmidt's information , there is no family in Japan with the "Genchi" family name.

Thank you,

Hi, Just to inform you of the latest. The new HQ in Toyota City is behind the original 3 story historical building. It is approximately 8 stories high and houses Senior Management and HR personnel. Furthermore Midland Square built in 2006 in Downtown Nagoya is 47 floors and houses Toyota employees between the 22nd and 40th floors. I hope this helps

Greetings,

Im very curious about the confusion around the internet on the use of GeMba vs. GeNba or GeMbutsu vs. GeNbutsu

My understanding from the Senior Japanese Quality Engineers (with 30-40 years experience who had known Taiichi Ohno) that the correct term is GeN-ba). They continue to say that Genba originates from the 5 Gen's (Gen-Ba, Gen-Butsu, Gen-Jitsu, Gen-Ri and Gen-Soku). Im also told it's proper to say "Sagyoo Genba" which means "Worksite".

Seeing you have a business revolving around "Gemba" Im wondering what is the correct spelling?

This is a question of English spelling and pronunciation, not one of correctness of the concept. Both "gemba" and "genba" as well as "gembutsu" and "genbutsu" are in use. In the English language we do not have "nb" as a sound since the "b" makes the "n" into a "m" sound. This is actually true in the vast majority of languges, due to the shape of our mouths and how we speak.

In Japanese "gen" means "actual" while "ba" means "place" and "butsu" means "object" or "thing". There is a letter "ge" and a letter "n" in the Japanese language. There is no letter "m" as a syllable ender (there are ma, mi, mu, me, mo letters in the alphabet). So to the mind of a Japanese speaker, "gen" is the correct spelling even though a linguist would say that they pronounce it "gem" when it is followed by a "b" sound.

Most English usage is "gemba" and many Japanese managers, engineers, etc. working in English speaking countries will say "genba". Either is OK really.

We have shifted from "gembutsu" to "genbutsu" with an "n" thanks to the fact that the press in their coverage of Toyota in recent years has picked up on "genchi genbutsu".

Based on that, we feel that "gemba" and "genbutsu" are the prevailing standards.

Hola a todos de igual manera estoy buscando el significado y origen del apellido Genchi, y con todo respeto no creo que tenga algo que ver con japoneses o toyota, pero bueno si conocen algun otro significado se los agradezco, saludos!

Hola senor Genchi!

En japonés "genchi" significa "lugar real". En Toyota es parte de la práctica de genchi genbutsu - para ir al lugar para obtener datos, en lugar de adivinar.

In Japanese "genchi" means "real place" or "actual place". At Toyota it is part of the practice of genchi genbutsu - to go to the actual place to get the facts , rather than guess.