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From: mfinley@mirage.skypoint.com (mfinley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
Date: 20 Feb 1995 01:46:17 GMT
Organization: Communicating Quality
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References: <950116203411@lambada> <3hg0ei$f96@yama.mcc.ac.uk> <3hrtv4$5j5@linda.teleport.com> <1995Feb16.082656.4410@surfcty.surfcty.com> <3i0sol$68q@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com>
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>>: >If you knew much about the history of PQ, you'd realize
>>: >that it grew up in Japan (ironically, the idea was sold to the Japanese
>>: >by an American, who went there after American companies ignored him. Sorry,
>>: >don't remember his name).
>>
Taichi Ohno of Toyota is usually credited with being the father of Just
In Time, with his system of kanban cards used to minimize on-hand inventory,
Mike Finley
St. Paul, Minnesota