Picture 3.

I see fixed position stop position whereby once the andon is pulled (little rope hanging in picture) the car moves to the red line (can't see this in pic but it was red in the Kyushi plant I recently toured) and stops. In other words, the car does not stop immediately which was news to me. The goal is for the worker and supervisor to fix the issue before the car makes it to the red line.

Also, I see the supervisor roaming about in the picture. At Toyota, the supervisor is not only on the gemba... he is totally engaged. They help when needed, replenish materials when needed, etc.

Also see all materials at point of use. And of course, the 5S level is flawless (as it is in person).

People Development in Farsi (زبان فارسی)
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*ابتدا توسعه انسانی
از آنجایی که این انسانها هستند که تولید می کنند، تولید بدون توسعه انسانها غیر ممکن است. تویوتا از زمان تأسیسش بر اساس این فلسفه روی توسعه منابع انسانی کار کرده است. منابع انسانی بر اساس بهبود پیوسته در گنچی گنبوتسو (بروید و خودتان ببینید) توسعه می یابند.

Respect for People
*احترام به انسانها
محدودیتی برای حد توسعه خرد انسانها وجود ندارد. در این شرکت ما همیشه برای درک دو جانبه، قبول مسئولیت دو جانبه و ادغام تواناییهای تک تک کارکنانمان تلاش می کنیم.
احترام به انسانها روشی است که به توانایی افراد برای فکر کردن بیشترین پاداش را می دهد.

4th Picture. It seem that it is a Color Sample Album. the best idea in the paint shops. one of our workers suggested such an idea and we made it the paint shop. it was wonderful!

Dear Jon
Picture #1
All the Japanese I ever needed when I first visited Japan was to word Domo Domo
Regards
Chris

It looks like Picture 4 is some sort of heijunka wheel. I can make out the numbers at the top that I would guess are hours and the vertical boxes are probably either the color mix (given that it is a paint line) or the color coded cards for the route runners.

Or I could be completely wrong.

Picture #7:

Keeping in the spirit of the blog:

Sit and "Lean" on stone
Think of improvements to make
Now head back to work

"Developing People First" - Hungarian translation

Szó szerint:
"Amióta emberek dolgoznak a termelésben, lehetetlen termelni anélkül, hogy fejlesztenénk őket"

Kissé magyarosítva:
"Amióta mi készítjük el a termékeket, elengedhetetlen, hogy fejlesszük tudásunkat"

Ez a filozófia alapján a Toyota folyamatosan dolgozik alkalmazottai fejlesztésén, tudásuk bővítésén. Az alkalmazottak fejlesztésének egyik fő iránya a Genchi Genbutsu (Menj le és nézd meg mi folyik ott).

"Developing People First" - Spanish translation
"Iniciar con el Desarrollo de la Gente"
Puesto que es la gente la que fabrica las cosas,la fabricación es imposible a menos de que se desarrolle a la gente.De acuerdo con esta filosofía, Toyota ha estado trabajando en el desarrollo de recursos humanos desde su fundación. Los recursos humanos se desarrollan por medio de mejora continua bajo el principio de Genchi Genbutsu (Vaya y vea por si mismo).

Hi Brad. Hope to see you sometime in Japan.

"Developing People First" - Portuguese translation (from Portugal) [somewhat different from Brazilian Portuguese]

"Desenvolver as pessoas em primeiro lugar"
Uma vez que são as pessoas que fabricam as coisas, é improssivel fabricar sem que se desenvolvam as pessoas. Com base nesta filosofia, a Toyota tem vindo a desenvolver os seus recursos humanos desde a sua fundação. Os recursos humanos são desenvolvidos através da melhoria contínua, com base no princípio Genchi Genbutsu (ir-e-ver-por sí-mesmo).

"Respect for People"
Respeito pelas pessoas

Não existem limites, até aos quais se pode desenvolver a sabedoria humana. Na empresa, procuramos continuamente a compreensão mútua, cumprir as responsabilidades mútuas e combinar as capacidades indivuduais de cada um dos nossos colaboradores. "O respeito pelas pessoas" é, acima de tudo, uma atitude que respeita a sua capacidade para pensar.

[this last one was tricky...it originated quite some discussion among our team]

Regards from Portugal

#1

Hello Brad !

#2

In French
« Développer les employés avant tout »
« Puisque ce sont les opérationnels qui assurent la production, la production n’est possible que si les opérationnels s’épanouissent dans leur travail ». Basé sur cette philosophie, Toyota travaille à développer ses ressources humaines depuis sa création. Les ressources humaines se développent par l’amélioration continue dans le principe « Genchi Genbutsu » (aller voir sur le terrain).

#3

* poka yoke (yellow lines, colored boxes, )
* 5S (every thing is clean and ordered)
* One piece flow (one car at a time)
* Heijunka (different models/colors on the same line)
* Visual management (digital screens behind the scene)

#4

My try: in this line there are several painting machine, several kind of parts to paint and several layers to paint. Every operator is able to perform all these stages (heijunka). This is a card store. Each card gives which piece, which layer and which painting should be process. When a part comes to you, you take the card attached to it, put it on the right place on the card store, take the next card on the store (at its right), follows the instruction written on the new card, and attach it to the part supporting material.

"Developing People First" translatin in Turkish as follows:

"Önce İnsanı Geliştir"

Üretimi yapan insan olduğundan, onlar gelişmeden üretim imkansızdır. Bu felsefeden hareketle, Toyota kurulduğundan beri insan kaynaklarını geliştirmek için çalışır. İnsan kaynakları Genchi Genbutsu/"Git ve Kendin Gör" prensibi üzerinde sürekli iyileştirmelerle geliştirilir.

Pic 6 in Polish:

Nie ma granic dla rozwoju ludźkiej mądrości. Wewnątrz firmy ciagle dążymy do osiągnięcia wzajemnego zrozumienia, wypełnienia wspólnych odpowiedzialności (obowiązków) i połączenia idywidualnych sił naszych pracowników. "Szacunek dla ludzi" jest postawą, która w największym stopniu bierze pod uwagę umiejętność ludzi do myślenia.

Pic3 in Czech
Nejdříve rozvijejme lidi

Protožejsou to právě lidé, kteří vyrábějí věci, je nemožné vyrábět pokud nejsou rozvíjeni lidé. Na základě této filozofie, Toyota pracuje na rozvoji lidských zdrojů už od svého založení. Lidské zdroje jsou rozvíjeny prostřednictvím principu Genchi Genbutsu (jdi a ověř si na vlastní oči).

Pic 6 - Czech
Neexistuje limit nad který se nemůže lidská moudrost rozvíjet. V rámci společnosti neustále směřujeme k dosažení vzájemného porozumnění, naplňování vzájemných odpovědností a kombinujeme pravomos našich jednotlivých zaměstnanců. Respekt k lidem je přístup, který si všímá lidské schopnosti myslet nejvíce.