[Pesqueeb]

Maybe this belongs in the lounge, but as many Idiocracy references get used around here, It surely has a home in PAWN. The Japanese, always ahead of the weirdness curve.
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[rockofullr]

WTF is wrong with Japan?

 

[MMike]

These are the people that brought us Lean Manufacturing. Curious.

 

[Westy]

These are the people that brought us Lean Manufacturing. Curious.

Actually we (Demming) brought them lean manufacturing. They just used it first.

 

[DaveW]

The Japanese, always ahead of the weirdness curve.

Your not far wrong there.... No wonder VB feels so at home!.

We may occasionally wish our spouses had an "off" switch but a Japanese man will have that luxury full-time after he married his virtual girlfriend in an official-looking ceremony over the weekend.

 

[stevew]

fvck them and their tentacle porn.

 

[MMike]

Actually we (Demming) brought them lean manufacturing. They just used it first.

I know that...but they made a go of it and they are the reason I use words like kaizen and Kanban nearly every day. So for my purposes, we have Mr Toyota to thank.