Taiichi Ohno
Japanese engineer and businessman
Ohno Taiichi was a Japanese industrial engineer and businessman. He is considered to be the father of the Toyota Production System, which inspired Lean Manufacturing in the U.S. He devised the seven wastes as part of this system. Wikipedia
Born: February 29, 1912, Dalian, China
Died: May 28, 1990 (age 78 years), Toyota, Aichi, Japan
Education: Nagoya Higher Technical School (1932), Nagoya Institute of Technology, and Aichi Prefectural Kariya High School