Why Hondas Run Great - JIT Manufacturing, 5S Methodology and Kaizen

[@tshwashere]

I love the fact that the video itself is an illustration of kaizen. Brilliant.

[@gwot]

that actually flew right over my head

[@bendgeddes]

I used to think FortNine quality was a smaller KZbin version of Top Gear. Now, this has to be the best produced petrol head show there is. 👍👍

[@junpei1017]

and they wrote kaizen's kanji wrong. It's a core theme of the video and they wrote it wrong. It's just another western video blindly romanticizing and perverting Japanese culture

[@clasdauskas]

@@junpei1017 so what did they actually write? and could that be a joke?

[@quadsquadgarage]

I had to scroll quite a ways to see if anyone noticed. I figured it out the second the walked out of the garage and stopped the monologue.

[@calebshort2169]

As a former Toyota employee I can’t begin to tell you how happy this video made me. The ability to say hey this isn’t working we need to fix it here is my idea and having the problem fixed that day was amazing.

[@FordFlatSix]

I hate the idea that Honda gets credit for everything Toyota taught them.

[@dznnf7]

@@FordFlatSix And people hate that Japan gets credit for ideas initiated by Juran, and Deming - who got their ideas from Shewhart and others. We're all connected.

[@unsafe_at_any_speed]

I worked at Toyota dealerships (3) and their management is abysmal.

[@FordFlatSix]

@@dznnf7 TBH Demings 14 points is TPS, but American business shunned him for suggesting that profits go back into a company rather than shareholder bank accounts.

[@MrMoneyHelper]

To bad that they don't do that anymore. Since the new CEO, quality has dropped... A LOT. The cheaper plastics and engine recalls are telling.

[@felipecouto9726]

Man, i must say... 2 things. 1. As a former designer at honda motorcycles, seing the 5S's here got me very nostalgic. Its a thing everywhere in the company, every department. Early in the year we would even apply the 5Ss in our personal spaces, such as tables and working zones to ensure all would be organized in the new year to come. And the 5Ys as well, me and my colleagues even won an internal competition for improvements within the company by finding potential zones that could be reworked. 5Ys really worked. And the other thing i must say: This video cinematography made it a pleasure to watch. Some beautiful shots and nicely framed imaging. Clean frames, pure eye candy for me.

[@paulbarclay4114]

beautiful shots and nice framing bro? This video is art im not even going to try to describe it more than that. its exceptional.

[@Bhatt_Hole]

@@paulbarclay4114 Do indeed try to describe it more than that, please! But this time, include our good friends, capitalization and punctuation. They love us. They want the best for us. They pat us on the head, and smile. Why would anyone think to insult them?? Unless... maybe they were touched inappropriately by C and P. That would explain animosity. But me? I love them both. Though, P can sometimes be a little handsy. Especially during holidays.

[@Nell1052]

Soichiro Honda was a brilliant Engineer & Innovator who actively promoted feedback to improve the product, something the British Mismanglement took far too long to cotton onto. That's why 50 years later we are still running & restoring classic Hondas 😊 Fortunately John Bloor had the foresight to look at Kawasaki & Honda before he resurrected Triumph in the 1990's 👍

[@paulbarclay4114]

@@Bhatt_Hole Cool comment bro you talk about grammar but your grammatical structure would fail a 7th grade writing class. i see what you did there. its a comment demonstrating poor grammar while critiquing grammar as a concept about a video demonstrating effectiveness and efficiency as concepts

[@just-dl]

@@Bhatt_HoleI find Capitalization gets a bit big for its britches.

[@oguzhancetin_mech]

Explaining Kaizen in a video by applying Kaizen steps in the same video. Simply brilliant!

[@Onereelrider]

Boeing has left the chat

[@dax8476]

Sound of door closing....

[@Galf506]

which is horrific because, before the merger, this was what Boeing was: a company where engineers and workers in the plant were a hop away from telling the execs how to fix what they found wasn't good enough, and the execs did just that.

[@zeonos]

SpaceX has entered it. i love the approach of just trying things out and constantly improving on them.

[@Galf506]

@@zeonos SpaceX is one step away from disaster the moment Elon gets too much voice into it for any reason.

[@zeonos]

@@Galf506 true, i dislike everytime elon opens his mouth. But the way he kickstarted spacex and how the company almost got a monopoly on space have to be admired and that wouldnt have happened with out Elon or the huge talent he has collected there.

[@Perry_dAccard]

My dad used to work for the Swiss federal railways as atrain driver / instructor. At some point they wanted to introduce Kaizen, so they sent a bunch of clueless suits to Japan who completely misunderstood how Kaizen works, and then proceeded to tell seasoned veterans how to do their jobs, not having the slightest idea what they were talking about. That said, my dad then wondered what Kaizen really was about, since in a previous job with Subaru, he had seen first hand, how efficient the Japanese solve problems. So he did some research and came to the conclusion, that it was what he and his colleagues were practicing all along. Management just needed a fancy word to legitimize a dictatorship of the clueless.

[@JP-xd6fm]

Yes, many CEOs and Managers are using Kaizen and alike just to be an undercover dictator. I said when we had a Kaizen and LEAN course at work that I'm no japanese and I don't live to work, I work to live so I was not interested at first. Then I learned all was just plain and simple common sense (to me) and it was ok to everyone in the company to do Kaizen and the 5s, because the methodology is idiot-proof and I tend to get frustrated when people don't have what I call common sense.

[@CaseyHennessy]

This unfortunately happens a lot. Managers will just learn the terms but don't actually explain the what or why and then it never gets adopted properly

[@alexmillikan9653]

This is exactly what is happening at GE aerospace right now. As a technician we have been able to improve our workstations with 5s methods but the “just in time” (never in time) parts and new micromanaging are making it worse than it was before

[@rosskstar]

The Peter Principle is the fundamental driver of Western industry ~they think with their peter

[@CaseyHennessy]

@@alexmillikan9653 man I'm sorry to hear that. There's nothing worse than managers that don't let their employees do their jobs.

[@pastaramen9596]

The long single takes, the videography , the dialogue delivery and the message everything is just top notch.

[@redraiderrider3289]

Uhhhh Uhhhh Uhhhh spllloollgggeeee. You good now?

[@iantakaoka8664]

Fortnine using his sponsor segment to highlight continuous improvement as part of the lesson made my day.

[@nonyabusiness4151]

I didn't even notice a sponsor. 😅

[@Konsaki]

First time I haven't skipped a squarespace mid-vid add in years.

[@timwagster9458]

I skip the adds on other channels but not on F9. The presentation and production values are just too good. 👍😁

[@20cent]

@@nonyabusiness4151 me neither, but I use sponsorblock, my brain is rot-free for years, I can tell others aren't in comments section

[@joel8034]

Because he's an intelligent human.

[@2Eze4me]

Starting a 50 year old motorcycle without any hiccups is the biggest flex of honda. I am the 3rd owner of a 28 year old xlr200, with love and care (and enough cash) it starts the same like in the video. honda is like the toyota of motorcycles

[@dax8476]

And I am the ? owner of 1988 Transalp, it starts every single time and its 36 years old.

[@magicoddeffect]

Honda is the Honda of motorcycles?

[@rensgreuter8152]

and toyota is like the honda of cars

[@RustyHondas]

​@@magicoddeffectfr lol

[@chauncey5962]

I would agree

[@krrk6337]

As an ex-Honda R&D engineer I couldn't be happier watching this knowing that there are some people understand how hard it takes to make a reliable vehicle. It's not as easy as people think. Also reminded me back in the days how many "revised drawings" I had to make on schedule because of this darn Kaizen lol.

[@jacobclark89]

Are you the person to blame for having to pull the transaxle out of a Honda CR-V to change the transmission fluid filter ? 🤬

[@Billswiftgti]

Who tf thinks that reliability is easy? I hope not many.

[@krrk6337]

@@Billswiftgti A guy name Elon

[@aj_mcnamara]

Every engineer and manufacturing employee needs to watch this! I've never seen Lean, Kaizen, 5Why, and more all summarized so clearly.

[@ryanc5517]

I was actually thinking that this video would be a great video to play in a classroom to teach students about the topics you mentioned.

[@tgmwright]

No, you don't summarize for those people, you go into much finer detail with them. Otherwise they're not going to learn everything that it encompasses.

[@thomaselliott573]

there is no end of losers watching this station and KZbin. Thank you

[@pubsub9832]

It's a Honda

[@janniksims5740]

You meet the nicest people on a Honda

[@ghassanalfarra8935]

Beat me to it 😅

[@alexandrudinca3080]

We have a saying here "Honda is Honda."

[@mosmith3026]

I've been beating on my '21 CB300R since 2020 and it's a keeper. Plan on adding more Hondas to the garage

[@mitzzzu_tigerjones444]

Not completely sure of the context here, granted that the missing inflection suggest that “a Honda is just a Honda it’s not that big a deal”… It’s a big enough deal to get taught in universities As a standard Lesson in economy alongside BMW, Ducati, and Harley Davidson. You don’t become one of the biggest manufacturers in the world for some thing just because it is what it is. There’s a good reason for it. Skibidi

[@GeneralChangFromDanang]

5S is great when a company actually implements it properly. Unfortunately, most US companies only focus on the cost savings aspect of it and ignore the other principles.

[@richardvalitalo3670]

We were forced to try 5s more than once, totally ruining any organization created over decades. Management doesn't get it because being closed minded without employee input.

[@goodforyou3000]

The key is incentivizing employee input most companies fail to do it.

[@randomperson7132]

ya, sort of having it happen were i work where the management is focused on reducing cost and waisted time which it is causing it itself and over working some employees. done right its good but some don't know how to properly do so.

[@insiainutorrt259]

Does it ever apply to the management... CHANGE! The faulty part.... Of course not....

[@gorkzop]

​@richardvalitalo3670 I'm part of the team and production and multiple levels of management are all parts of the team to apply it properly. And that works. But probably also depends on the country/culture 😅

[@SutediMoto]

As an owner of a CB750K6 that starts cold with one kick every time and runs like a sewing machine, if I want a reliable classic my go-to is always Honda. When I lived in Okinawa for 7 months and traveled to mainland Kumamoto, I spent my free time having my jaws drop going to every motorcycle maintenance shop and every dealership I could find and talking to the owners and maintainers. Nothing will ever compare to what I saw and experienced. The quality of all the work was impeccable. The pride in the work was exemplary. The shops were completely organized and clean. Every bike I saw, must have been in the hundreds, looked like it was just rolled off the factory line and onto a showroom floor for sale. These bikes, were more than 50-60 years old. The standard of their work was above and beyond anything I have ever seen. Much respect. I came back to the States saddened and forever will be taking serious pride and being meticulous and patient in the maintenance of my Yamaha’s and Honda’s.

[@clarencecrowcarter]

I can't think of a channel that uses the yt platform better than F9. In any genre. Truly world class stuff.

[@pascal1344]

❤

[@jj.1412]

This is also a good example, in and of itself, of a company (FortNina FNA Canada's Supersports or whatever it was) listening to it's employee feedback & actually implementing Very meta😂.

[@nathancoulon5629]

Being a chef that's worked in 3 michelin star kitchens, I see so many parallels in how we set up a kitchen line to how they set up a line in the factory. We are always running "just in time" manufacturing of the dishes. The guest comes in, and we make it when they order it. Also, we have "Mise en Place", or "everything in it's place". And, of course, the love the cook puts into the dish, and the discipline to make it that way every time.

[@ccengineer5902]

Huh, that makes a lot of sense. Ingredients have a shelf life, so you can't stock them anyway, and speed is demanded by the customer, not to mention good quality. It might not be coincidence then that the food scene in Japan is top notch as well.

[@nathancoulon5629]

Very true!

[@bnations2000]

"Picking up a knife now, he extends his fingers beyond the handle to pinch the blade. He rocks his wrist, and condenses a pile of parsley. There are calluses on his fingers where they pinch the blade. “The great thing is the mise en place,” he says. “You get your things together. You get ready to cook. You chop your parsley, peel your onions, do shallots, make the hollandaise, make demi-glace sauce, and so forth.” -- John McPhee from Brigade de Cuisine I don't know you, but your comment brought this to my mind. It's a great story, in case you haven't read it already.

[@charlienyc1]

This is all getting me even more excited for season three of The Bear!

[@nathancoulon5629]

@@bnations2000 I have not read it, but I will! Thx!

[@TiagoRuivo]

A motorcycle channel, showing us the power of a script. Brilliant!

[@doujinflip]

Superior videography too

[@joericci2442]

A video that in itself demonstrates the exact lesson they were describing in the video, brilliant

[@mju135]

At least one person got it :)

[@gregorymccoy6797]

Levels.

[@vizualjockey4419]

I’m really appreciating Ryan’s presentation skills, his ability to memorize and deliver dense scripts in such long takes. Takes a lot of skill and practice. Then applying kaizen to the script and video format was a nice touch. The camera work was also pretty solid, especially hopping in the vehicle seamlessly after the sponsor add, the timing of the script on/off the bike, the coordination and pacing of everything on and off screen. You guys are really elevating the craft of youtube production. Well done! LOL at the Easter egg on the blackboard!

[@wdeviers]

I've been an (IT) system engineer and engineering manager for 25 years. Deeply ingrained in software engineering, which heavily borrows from this type of process. Software or operations engineers tend to over-complicate things because it's in our genetics. This is the clearest and shortest high-level explanation for an entire discipline I've ever encountered and I might make it mandatory watching for my teams. Excellent work.

[@ecrusch]

I've been a Honda guy for 50 years. It's just the most reliable and comfortable bike I've ridden. (Nice way to throw your sponsor into the video without messing up the flow. 👋)

[@noseboop4354]

After the big tsunami earthquake of 2011, the automakers and many other companies revised the 'Just in Time' philosophy to build some amount of inventory of parts to weather a major disruption in the supply. This is why Toyota and Honda managed to keep building cars about a year longer during COVID before running out of parts, compared to their American and European peers who mostly stayed Just in Time.

[@iaial0]

So they kept improving their industrial strategies kaizen

[@Hybris51129]

The thing to keep in mind is that any production strategy is going to have weaknesses. JIT is sensitive to supply and distribution issues while stockpiling is sensitive to running out of space and runaway inventory tracking costs. There are probably other weaknesses I am missing but those are the ones that come to mind.

[@jsrrrmg]

@@Hybris51129 One of the major potential flaws with "Bulk" production or stockpiling of widgets is the compound effect mass-produced defective parts. The more widgets you have on hand before QA (humans and poke yokes) checkpoints the more chances of compounded failures.

[@Hybris51129]

@@jsrrrmg It also means any corrections to a product that are needed just made your inventory either a burden if they can be refitted to the new standard or complete scrap otherwise.

[@jsrrrmg]

@@Hybris51129 true!

[@OwlOtl]

Those long takes are masterful. I feel a lesser channel would've gone with the quick images seen at the end as the actual channel, but the entire video just flows so well.

[@jeremyh3170]

This video is fantastic! I was so enthralled I didn’t even notice the layers of self reference until I read the comments. As a software developer, I think a fair bit about kaizen and Japanese efficiency paradigms born from manufacturing. They were very concisely illustrated here. The closing about respecting individual authority really resounds for me with issues I’m having right now. Thank you for the work you put into this!

[@randallsimmons391]

Seriously intense respect for this video. The amount of work you and your team put into this production demonstrates the dedication to your craft and honors the memories of those who sought to improve through constant improvement and introspection. Or, as my sensei would say: "Yosh!"

[@somborn]

Mark my words. In 3 years this video is the basic introduction for any support agent or project manager. 👍 Great job!

[@thepaperboy9009]

Aneesh or whoever was walking backwards (or filming over the shoulder) while negotiating the steps in the garden, much respect to you. Love all the subtle Easter egg details! Keep up the great work guys.

[@brapamaldi]

the 'shots fired' scene while talking about china not being able to do kaisen was a pearler.

[@AshleyPomeroy]

He's like Ginger Rogers. He does everything Fred Astaire does, but backwards and in high heels. And a fancy dress. The sequence at 05:40 is very smart - the camera operator must have got into the bed of a truck, or something, then got out when they went around the corner. And then the truck drove off, because it's not there in the reverse shot.

[@tiagoagostinho3629]

"Flagged KZbin Terms" at 1:34 😂😂

[@Timewastedonyt]

😂😂after seeing the board I was searching for this comment

[@jeshdhawan]

Well spotted 😅

[@Plvs_Vltra.]

I don’t get it

[@yamahahaha]

This video was missing a certain F9 flair. Ah, there it is!

[@VinzCassel]

@@Plvs_Vltra. really?

[@andybowen1981]

The way you wrote, memorised and shot that section from 4:35 - 8:20 is exceptional. As a viewer, you don’t even realise that you are watching a single shot. Which is all the more of a testament to how seamless it all is. Each video is a development forward from the one before with the bar set higher to see if you can pull it off. Incredible work.

[@Stripping_Bolts]

I have a few bikes but will never sell the 1975 honda cb400f. Fully restored, built engine, 50 over pistons (videos on my channel). Its such a great little bike!

[@ProfessionalNoodler]

I work for a very large aerospace company and we have been utilizing these production methodologies and quality process improvement schemas for years. They add more value than the time lost implementing them.

[@Chronosmaster002]

So, you don’t work for Boeing

[@shortattentionspangarage1312]

@@Chronosmaster002 Came here to say exactly that, leaving deflated.

[@IanMacLeansnv]

​@TheShahartNo it's worse than that. They had high quality, then they bought out McDonald Douglas, largely scrapped the company, but brought in the management who had figured out how to make every department cost efficient, effectively gutting their main product. It's a sad but perfect demonstration of capitalism.

[@polo-wv2gs]

​@@IanMacLeansnv MD were bought out in 1997. Bad company culture and hiring choices only seem to have come to a head at Boeing in the past 5 years or so. Many aircraft also sat idle during the pandemic, that probably hasn't helped matters. Like most things I would think its a combination of many factors.

[@caffetiel]

​@@polo-wv2gs Do you remember how long it took for the Dreamliner to release? The current shitstorm's been brewing for those decades. It takes time to drive a decent machine to shit.

[@Micahslooseearlobe]

Adult Saturday morning cartoons, I love it

[@RedSoo749]

i love how fortnine gives us instructive and entertaining videos to watch for free but also push the boudaries of youtube video-making in their style and writing

[@brianconnelly7823]

I used to work for a Honda dealer in the UK and one day I walked into the workshop, a Japanese guy was there working on a new Honda Accord diesel. It was the first diesel engine Honda had ever made and it turned out there was a problem so one of the techs had called Honda UK asking for help, they called Honda Japan who had never seen that problem before so they sent the guy who designed the engine over on a red-eye flight...in less than 24 hours. He spent 12 hours working on the car, fixed it and flew home. A tech bulletin about the issue was posted (in English) when I got to work the next day.

[@Ninja98x]

Yamaha employee here. JIT, 5S, and Kaizen are also key principles for us too. Really the game changer can be boiled down to this quote describing lean manufacturing: "Lean is the continuous struggle to flow value to one customer". The term "value" has a specific definition in a lean context, basically only activities that physically transform that lump of raw materials into something closer to what the customer wants. That's what lean manufacturing is all about: building an organization optimized to provide value to its customers, devoted to continuously getting better at that, while respecting its people. Take those ideals to heart, and the tools can be derived from there IMO. Maybe they won't have the exact same name, but you'll end up with a similar result. At Yamaha we have TVP and Hyoujun Soubi for example, which I've never heard mentioned elsewhere, but the principles will be very familiar to anyone with a background in Lean.

[@thecementhead]

Nice dig at the generic “Narration over a bunch of stock footage” video. We did notice the long one take clips. As always +A for originality and production.

[@RiderFly22]

Spot on!!! I work as a process engineer for a Japanese automotive company and every single subject you went over is spot on. You did miss one practice that we use and that’s called “MOST” aka Time and motion study that’s defined as a procedure in which the efficiency of an industrial or other operation is evaluated.

[@CharlesDryer]

I used to enjoy Saturday morning Fortnine videos. Now they're getting so good that I'm consumed by a cold feeling of inadequacy by the 5 minute mark, and I spend the rest of the day wondering what I'm doing with my life.

[@dax8476]

You are not alone my friend, I have worked in Film and TV for 40 years.. Same feeling.

[@Anewevisual]

Sucks to suck

[@almin9751]

I am relatively a new rider riding "modern" motorcycles and this heritage of Honda's known reliability is what pushed me to the brand and having purchased my first small 184cc back in 2017 later on moving to a 500cc and every iteration going bigger in cc all I can say since I bought my beloved CB650R 2019 is it is a keeper and I do not see any time soon for me to trading it, absolutely no way. I havent had any issues of whatsoever across all three motorcycles. Honda rocks!!

[@Kennylolwins]

Every new video becomes the best video from the channel! Thank you Ryan and team!

[@russellcollins7148]

This deserves an award. Great storytelling with a topic that takes thinking about a culture most of us do not have a lot of experience with. I work in software engineering and these principles still apply. I'll be sharing this video around my crew. Incredible work, everyone! You should be very proud of what you pulled off here.

[@grantodaniel7053]

I worked for Mitsubishi in Australia. When they first the introduced 5S principals it was quite a "culture shock", but, once we were all fully conversant with the concept and its application, it made a big difference to both the smoothness of operations (in a manufacturing setting) and morale in the workplace, which improved considerably. But back to the bikes... a mate of mine had the 400 Four Super Sport back in the day and it was a brilliant piece of work, especially for its small capacity. And was that a 350 Four custom cafe racer I spied? What a gorgeous work of custom art - well done to whoever brought that to life! Cheers from Oz. 👍👍🇦🇺

[@glennmcc64]

It was called the sweat shop when Chysler owned and ran it. The fear when it was learnt the "Japanese were coming", was all for nought. The Japanese were far better.

[@GraySquirrel-374]

Just rolled 55,000 miles on my 1984 V65. Such a great bike that turned 40 this year.

[@SheppC42]

As someone whos worked on hondas all my life (and own that bike) i love this video. Never realized honda "hondanized" me in how i troubleshoot my issues. Great video!

[@JasonPatz]

This video is amazing. It makes me wonder if all of them take as much effort and thought to produce as this one clearly did. Thanks for being willing to do all this to entertain and educate.

[@firestorm755]

I've had my Honda VTR 1000F 25 years and a few weeks ago with 71,000 miles on it took me back to the Isle of Man for a fantastic 10 days. It performed perfectly and used virtually no oil in the better part of a 1,000 mile round trip. Hondas are the standard others look to.

[@pmdinaz]

I miss my SuperHawk. Glad to hear your success story! It just needed fuel injection to maintain sales imo.

[@Legion6139]

Honda is in my hert, Honda is in my blood, and ill keep on lovin Honda forever cause these bikes never left me stranded no matter what conditions they had to go through, theyre just hondas, meant not to be top of the performance line, but meant to outlive all of their competetors

[@zugmeister314]

My first vehicle of any sort way a Honda Silverwing, same as was in this video. Rode that thing for 98k miles before I sold it for $300 and got a Shadow. Other than flats I’ve never had a Honda fail me, that’s why I currently have an Africa Twin, a Goldwing and an Insight lol.

[@SoybeanAK]

I just wanna say how nice it is to have Aneesh back! Ryan's work has always been thorough, but the return to regular installments of short-film quality is just... *chef's kiss* c'est magnifique!

[@silknfeathers]

I cliked on this ( aside from the obvious desire to watch yet another educational and entertaining Fortnine presentation) as a former business improvement manager (continuous I provement, 5S, etc...) only to be blown away by your choice of example motorycle, the marvellous CB400 Super Sport (my personal favourite from the '70s). Well done sir...

[@marsh8417]

These one take productions just keep getting better. I like what you did making the video a demonstration of kaizen. Genius. Nice touch with the seiko watch as well Ryan

[@Fezzler61]

Kaizen - The Toyota Production System. I worked at a company in Southern Indiana that invested heavily in the system. Even sent people to Japan to visit Toyota to learn. They would even put office workers on projects in the factory to suggest production improvements and efficiencies.

[@gwot]

Toyota adopted the mentality of kaizen, kaizen literally translates to improve, it is a very real word that existed before Toyota. Don't say it like it's Toyota's system, it's merely a system Toyota uses.

[@Nina-cd2eh]

@@gwot But they're basically the first ones to rep the system with unfathomable success. Nobody is looking at Joe Shmoe and says "yeah that guy did kaizen before toyota, and it worked well enough for him, so let's implement it"

[@berkk29]

@@gwotits literally called the Toyota production system. I took a lecture on it in university and even that had the name toyota production system

[@gwot]

@@berkk29 if they named it that, so be it, but it is still fact that it is a system they adopted, not invented.

[@dalepellerin]

Toyota perfected kaizen and it has become widely known around the world as TPS. Literally every modern process improvement methodology since owes homage to kaizen and subsequently, TPS.

[@hendrikg3616]

I'm currently doing my industrial master craftsman's degree and learning about Kaizen, JIT and that kind of stuff. Nice to have an example which I'm personally interested in as I own two Honda cars and four Honda bikes.

[@ryan00101101]

I have a 42 year old Honda 200 twinstar Electric start or kick start. One kick on the kickstarter and ot starts putting away. Makes me smile every time.

[@chrossphyre]

I once owned an '82 750 Nighthawk. To say that those bikes were bulletproof was to somewhat understate the case. In the 7 or so years I owned the bike I did the cam shims once and synced the carbs, also once. Those were the most intrusive maintenance items I had to do. Otherwise the bike started every time and ran near flawlessly ( I say "near" as it stalled on me one late evening at something near 60mph on a pitch black David Thompson highway, leaving me both power and light less whilst I silently coasted through a herd of elk that my riding buddies later told me were "all over" the road, while I was otherwise occupied trying to get the bike going again). I still miss that kind of reliability so instead of a domestic 1/2 ton, I opted for the Ridgeline instead - a decision I have yet to regret. Yet another lesson: if you build excellent and reliable vehicles, your customers will support your brand with purchases decades later.

[@notanymore9471]

Thank you for your continuous dedication to videos that are interesting in a way most channels can’t even comprehend. As an American that got burned by poor quality American made vehicles early in life I love the Japanese and their dedication to quality. I own a Honda motorcycle and a Toyota truck and will never get rid of them. Plus as a welder in manufacturing their work philosophy is impeccable just like your philosophy in making videos.

[@johnranalletta9249]

Visiting a client, a forging co., I noticed baskets of forged motor mount bolts. Some baskets had bolts with plastic covers on the threads. Others were bare. When asked the difference, the owner said the covered bolts were destined to the Honda plant in Maryville and Honda spec'd the covers to prevent threads being damaged in shipment. Damage might make the bolt unusable and more difficult (time consuming) to install.

[@charlienyc1]

That kind of detail wins the race!

[@sennamontea1380]

As a film teacher your videos always make my day

[@Ojref1]

I currently consult for a metrology company (instrumentation, not weather) and we're running JIT and Kaizen programs. Never expected this on F9, thank you very much. Also great basic explanation of root cause analysis, which is fundamental to any successful quality process.

[@madiovas]

My first bike was a ' 94 honda cb750 Nighthawk that was customized by the previous owner (in 2020). Every part they changed I had issues with over the past 2 years, but every original part still works flawlessly till this day. It says a lot about their incredible legacy that almost all Honda engines are known to be unkillable.

[@UfukDirim]

As an industrial engineer who saw the dawn of JIT in auto industry in the early 1980s, I enjoyed your video a lot. Thanks for bringing it to the attention of all motorcyclists. I’d like to add that above all you’ve said, the main savings of the JIT production is to reduce inventory carrying cost.

[@ahilltodieons]

You have somehow made me proud to be an American that purchases and worships Japanese manufactured products. Thank you, F9...

[@JAMESWUERTELE]

I love my Japan made products. My Honda 1000RR, 2 4Runners, and tools, and my Mitutoya measuring devices.

[@TucsonDude]

Just like every other "proud Japanese car driving Americans" with a US flag on their 4Runners.

[@smiththers2]

I grew up with Honda and Toyota, and I've even added some Suzuki into the mix. Japan in general may do things VERY different than America but they've got my respect.

[@hhjhj393]

Japan literally has programs designed for soft power. Japan is trying to gain power just not via military. Anime, good products, music, culture, food it's all part of their plan to gain soft power around the world.

[@metodius12]

while being Canadian himself

[@GregLanz]

I saw one of those 400 inline 4's in Edmonton last week. Beautiful bike and they won't make them like this again. Brilliant video

[@PrimoStracciatella]

I learned to ride and took my test on a 400Four in 1978. :)

[@barrythatcher9349]

You meet the nicest people with a Honda.

[@khairulfauzi8221]

Honda riders? yeah sure, pretty spot on. Honda drivers? not so much. at least from where I come from.

[@collude92]

@@khairulfauzi8221he was referring to a Honda ad with that tag line

[@robertgoerss]

Ah ,"You meet the nicest people on a Honda", I believe.

[@ShadowFalcon]

​@@khairulfauzi8221 Well, he did say "on" a Honda, not "in" a Honda 😉

[@khairulfauzi8221]

@@collude92 I see. my bad. no wonder that line felt familiar. totally forgot about that tagline.

[@KO-pk7df]

This is a great video. Please make more of these videos! I have read Mr. Honda's book and learned much from just that book. These are things I knew but now I know why. I have been a motorcycle nut since 1963 when my Fonzi like babysitter (his name was Wolfe, a German teenager who came from Germany after WW2 to Alamogordo with his family who worked at White Sands Missile base. really!) and his 250 Ducati would take me on rides and taught me to drive it at 8yo. My neighbor owned the Honda shop in town and that teenager rode a 305 Dream. My dad was an air force fighter pilot and had taught and let me work on everything. After a year of trying to reassemble a basket case Yamaha 100cc twin I finally got my own new motorcycle, a 1971 Yamaha 90cc enduro that I help pay for with a paper route. I rode that thing all over the Arizona deserts. I worked on other guys bikes and fixed up some junkers for friends. I love much of the older bikes you have on your videos and believe I had the most fun on those bikes looking back now.

[@Greenlightmike33]

I’m new to the channel and a new motorcycle rider. Just wanted to say this is definitely the best motorcycle channel and it gives me massive “Good Eats” tv series memories but with motorcycles. Absolutely love it! Cheers!

[@dealspeed6756]

I worked in Aerospace for 15 years. We also practiced 5S. I was part of 3 Kiazan work shops. If implemented correctly, it works great. But more often than not. Management would get in the way, so it was always a half ass attempt.

[@clonkex]

Management getting in the way has been my experience too. Employees being shut down for trying to suggest a better way is the opposite of Kaizen.

[@Jaker788]

Apparently this is how skunk works was born in Lockheed Martin. They had a big complex project and knew their corporate structure would not make it possible, so they spun off a group that could work independently of the corporate structure with way less management levels. ​@@clonkex

[@michaell742]

I'm a newer engineer producing paper. What would you suggest to make sure these systems are implemented correctly?

[@dealspeed6756]

@michaell742 don't let any one person dictate the outcome of a kiazan project. We always split into teams of 2. normally, 6 teams of 2. Everyone knew the end goal. Every team found what they thought was the best approach, making production as efficient as possible. This included part travel from raw material to end product. Next, you measured people travel. How many actual footsteps were taken from start to finish. When every team has decided on the best approach. You examine those results and then vote on which approach made the most sense. To often, managers would take what we came up with and change it. Making the entire workshop pointless. This is just a simplified explanation. I'm not that great at explaining all the details, and it's been a long time since I've done this type of work.

[@TictacAddict1]

Brilliant video. I trained Japanese nationals how to fly helicopters in the late 80's. My students displayed the excellence of Japanese culture which has a lot to do with the self discipline required to execute the 5 S.

[@IanMacLeansnv]

Excellent at some things. Others not so much. Like valuing creativity or individual creativity. How many world-class universities does Japan have? Zero. And the country is hardly a hotbed of innovation. I like Japan, but I wouldn't want my kid to grow up there.

[@jasonmacfarlund2703]

​@IanMacLeansnv Surely you misspoke and think that the University of Tokyo is a world class university? I might agree with the general theme of the message, but let's not get carried away.

[@JAMESWUERTELE]

Hardly a hotbed of innovation? 😂 I find myself buying everything from Japan. Bike, 2 4Runners, tools, measuring equipment. They make the best.

[@helpfulcommenter]

@@IanMacLeansnv University of Tokyo and Kyoto University are widely considered to be "world-class" though I'm not totally sure what you're using to define that.

[@Nina-cd2eh]

@@jasonmacfarlund2703 All I'm going to say is that, throughout my life, I've read a ton of papers, and none of them have been from japan. Just saying. For all their engineering in their private sector, they're not exporting much knowledge.

[@Evolution_Kills]

I have a 2023 Honda SCL500 Scrambler and a CMX1100 Rebel, and I fully expect both of them to still be working well into in 2073.

[@ShaunSalter]

Just sent the link to my key stakeholder at work. It's the most concise, common sense explanation I've seen of the application of those systems to a physical process. This really helps to explain the service design principles I'm trying to apply our current Logistics project. Much appreciated.

[@clayspence4160]

I’ve worked in the semiconductor manufacturing industry for 25 years. We use the Kaizen/5s/5y methodology. I never thought I would see this pop up in a FortNine video. And let’s just take a moment to realize how long that first shot intro was with zero mistakes! Well done!!!

[@adrianzbaeren]

This video is a master piece! You explained within 10min what my teacher in engineering school failed to explain in 3 months!

[@tjarsun]

Japanese manufacturing's quality is incredible. Reliability unmatched anywhere else.

[@digm0repaka]

@@zenmoto369 Absolutely including Suzuki, even despite some of their indian-made products.

[@HECTORFARRA]

​@@zenmoto369 made in Japan Suzuki are kick ass

[@VikramAdithya48]

@@digm0repaka Let me tell the indian made suzuki are good and reliable, but not innovate enough, but key they dominate the car market.

[@agungh1670]

For honda bike ? Nope, in here indonesia where millions were made, it got issue with chasis, old honda is good but greedy new one, are not

[@tomedgar4375]

In the seventies, eighties and nineties, Honda was pretty good, somewhere in the early 2000s something changed but they have been riding the wave of reputation. I ran a motorcycle training school and went from all Honda to other brands due to reliability and the willingness to admit issues. The high mileage, 10 year old Hondas were outperforming the newer ones. Very sad.

[@henryvanweeren7233]

After seeing the 400F motorcycle, I couldn't pay attention to the rest of your program. It is just too pretty. I cannot commend enough the production value of your videos. They are very well done!

[@jeremysmith1969]

Great video! I was trained as a kaizen green belt in the USAF and thought it was awesome and wish everyone adopted this - I even applied kaizen to the official course I had to teach others in order to get my green belt (by rearranging some of the lesson materials I thought were out of place) and my overseeing instructor thought it was the best version of that class he had ever seen. If you're interested, there can be jobs in this field (sometimes called six sigma or other names). Personally I apply it as my job of database/app developer.

[@lennartengel1971]

And yet another brilliant video of the fortnine crew. The japanese concepts for efficiënt good products are really interesting. Even after 50 years. I love japanese products . I drive a mazda and ride a Yamaha. Couldn’t be more happy about the quality.

[@DuskTheBatPony]

the company I work on is trying to implement JIT and the five S thing, until now I thought it was a dumb idea, but this made me realize how important it is, time to put in the work and improve myself

[@ElectricChickenADV]

I encourage you to lean into it (pun intended). Getting green or black belt certified can be a great move for career advancement.

[@knightsljx]

I've ridden several brands and it's on the Honda that you notice the little things that make your life easier. The center stand on my Forza is placed just so that it's easy to put up and roll off. Other brands tend to put the weight too much on either side, either it's difficult to roll onto the stand and easy to roll off or vice versa. I've also ridden a CB125R and CB400 and it's the same on those models as well.

[@tonyisaac2857]

It's fortnine , of course it's going to be good!!

[@crxk20r59]

The value of life can be measured by how many times your soul has been deeply stirred. - Soichiro Honda

[@FfortheT]

This is great on so many levels: Videography, storytelling (it's like a matrëška!), humour! And I never expected to see a non-café racer black 400F on KZbin, and then it's on F9, the best motorcycle channel! Love my black 400F, never let me down once.

[@VegetaRabbit]

"individual authority is the one thing authoritarians can't copy" - brilliant line

[@_droid]

Another issue with authoritarian rule is that people can't say "no" which leads to very bad uninformed choices (ie. one person is an idiot, many people are smart).

[@mserrano9644]

@@_droid China is not governed by one person. The party is exactly the ideia of "many people".

[@mserrano9644]

It's not brilliant. F9 is confusing the government with chinese motorcycle companies.

[@jonathanjohnson8376]

@@mserrano9644 Hi, authoritarian is believing in or characterized by absolute obedience to authority. Like @_droid said, that means you can't say no to your boss, even if they are wrong. It sounds like it applies to me.

[@mserrano9644]

@@jonathanjohnson8376 Who said that workers in chinese motorcycle manufacturers can't say no to their boss? Any evidence about this?

[@markbarber7839]

My 1st bike was this CB400F 1975. Thanks for the memories

[@leeball4]

When I worked at Boeing they had implemented a 5S program. Except it was reduced down to "clean your desk up once a week and empty your garbage bin." Which should come as no surprise to anyone reading this comment.

[@charlienyc1]

Ironically, the latter is where that business has ended up.

[@stupidbird4U]

😂😂 same in my company BHP.

[@kingrasta7888]

I work for a Japanese company in the auto industry and this is exactly the standards we follow. I can appreciate this one for sure. Thanks for sharing.

[@NotMeYoo]

A really well done video on intro to lean. They use Honda motorcycles as the vehicle (pun intended) to explain the lean concepts from production back to design. They even incorporate lean into Squarespace's ad AND continuously improve the video itself DURING the video. Plus, motorcycles are cool! Nice job FortNine!

[@akshit2468]

Thanks Ryan. Taught me more on the subject than business school.

[@johngriffin618]

5S and Kaizen are amazing. JIT, I believe CAN be great in manufacturing areas that are very stable and not prone to disruption, eg local source of materials, very little complexity. But, as we saw during covid, JIT turns in to NIT (not in time) once a supply chain disruption happens. My job was having a year lead time on PLC's required to control machines, we were having trouble purchasing the specialized metal that we need in order for our factory to operate. My company was very fortunate to have good relationships with US based tool makers, which allowed us to get tooling while most of the companies that didn't have pre-existing relationships weren't able to get carbide tooling. Even with our good relationship of US based suppliers, we still had major issues keeping machines running due to parts we needed from south korea, japan, and china.

[@bullwag1978]

Very much, it’s easy to do things in the moment when you can always get a supply of exactly when you need it. It becomes hard when that supply is gone, that’s when parts hoarding for manufacture becomes necessary and things get chaotic because we can’t finish the motorcycle because the plastic company doesn’t have enough material to make red brake lights

[@thomas316]

That's because JIT was only half the lesson, the other half is Heijunka. One of the main reasons it's been so hard for companies in other countries to copy successfully is they could never be bothered to learn and implement it all. It's a system that works in harmony.

[@boxhead6177]

I remember in 1980s spare parts importing was tough, it took a lot of convincing to get more parts imported cause the estimates were just way off. Just In Time doesn't work if you need something repaired immediately but the part have to be on back order for 3 weeks, it ruins the customer experience. Motorbike shops could waste half a day doing a ring around to all the other shops asking "Do you have X part, send it to me overnight".

[@jimbergey3624]

Is this the best KZbin channel out there? Seamless, interesting, and relevant splicing of sponsors, making a topic I spent 20 yrs dealing with (and frankly hating trying to adapt it to An antiquated N.A. Unionized steel plant) interesting and relevant.

[@420Zeebruh]

"best" is subjective, however, Fortnine is easily one of the best in this entire platform and so far this is my favorite video.

[@PiotrekSzostak]

I have zero knowledge and experience with bikes, as I'm exclusively interested in cars, but I'm also a process engineer and my wife is a manager and we both love this video for reasons totally unrelated to bikes! GREAT JOB

[@daveco1270]

I picked up a 1975 Honda CB750 about 6 years ago and it's been the most reliable motorcycle I've owned. They knew what they were doing.

[@matthewbeaver5026]

Just hit 44444.4mi on my 86 honda shadow on monday. Still going strong, at almost 40 years old!

[@paulreilly3904]

That's brilliant mate. Love the numbers and I'm thrilled you are still enjoying it. Best wishes from the UK.

[@winstonlanda7731]

And here I am worried about 25k on my 03 VLX600 hahah

[@kiwikidusa]

You nailed it. Having lived and worked in Japan for 18 years I had those philosophies driven into me everyday, it was quite hard to be consistent being a dopey dude from Kiwi land. I was always in awe when I received personal tours of Honda, Kawasaki, Subaru, and many other manufacturer's assembly and engineering groups. Which makes me so glad my Africa Twin, and both our Subarus were made and assembled in Japan.

[@underthedrone2735]

The very last line really brought it all together!

[@bruceknights8330]

Culture is key. I worked on both sides of the fence of a MoD / contractor run establishment in the UK. Neither side trusted the other. The residual civil servants were all about protecting their authority and cushy jobs, whilst the contractor was frustrated by red tape and the lack of trust in the MoD. One of our group operations had great success in fostering a joint collaborative approach to their sector, whereby blame culture was replaced by a Kaizan style. I tried to roll it out in our sector but the mindset was such that people simply couldn't see that their jobs were only as secure as our ability to do the work effectively and efficiently. I eventually set up my own company and had great success by listening to the people at the coal face and finding ways to make us all better at our jobs. Fast forward 30 years and the MoD sites are all gone, but the sites my firm created are all thriving.

[@denominatorxero720]

As an industrial engineer, and Honda motorcycle owner, this video is just all the stuff I know and love lol

[@mikesturyan9]

Honda is an engine company first and foremost. They just wrap cars, bikes, lawnmowers, and planes around them. I spent years as a contractor with Honda and was impressed by them. Also the Japanese has several manufacturing and quality from the USA gurus help them rebuild after WWII - Demming and Juran

[@DieselRamcharger]

Which is why Japan has steadily gone downhill. Which is why Hondas are now made in China. Japan also had the USA write their constitution after we nuked 2 non military targets, just for grins.

[@GeneCash]

Actually Honda is a special tools manufacturer first... having owned many Honda bikes, I'm sure they start with "how many special tools will someone need to take off the rear tire? Six? Then we must do better! We must require SEVEN!"

[@mikesturyan9]

@DieselRamcharger Japan is undergoing a population decline and they have known this for decades. They invest in other locations to build plants as they cannot grow internally. It is a fairly successful strategy. Odd how people hold grudge against the Japanese for WWII and not the German and Italian people. Japan has been one of the USA best allies for a long time.

[@CaseyHennessy]

​@@mikesturyan9you're mostly right. The reason they that Japan had a stigma so long is because of the way they conducted warfare and treated prisoners and civilians alike. I know Germany had the holocaust and internment camps and etcetera, but the troops generally were treated better when captured and so there was overall less animosity afterwards. If you look at the Germans and Russians however you would find a similar stigma between them because of the way ww2 was conducted on that front. It was much more brutal than the western front

[@mikesturyan9]

@Firsttimerrestorations I am very familiar with history. First, Japan was not a signature to the Geneva Convention. Treatment by the Japanese was still wrong morally, but culturally the Japanese at the viewed surrender as a loss of face. Second, the USA didn't lose anywhere near what the chinese vs japanese or soviet vs germans did as casualties. So I get why Russians and Chinese have a cultural animosity and when I visited China 10 years ago, you could still see it. I spent 20 years working for Japanese companies and I saw a lot of the implied racism (see we nuked them statement above). I would see this going into US companies to install equipment and get the "buy american" stuff.. but right next to it was systems out of germany. It is still oddly ingrained into th USA, even though you can find lots of atrocities by all participants in WWII. But the worst were on the eastern front and in China.

[@danielpittman889]

I am a "Production Systems Coordinator" for an American manufacturer of drilling equipment. Everything in this video is 100% spot-on. When I need to release an order to production, I have complete visibility of our raw materials and outside vendor component inventory, as well as accurate data for setup and run times. We're ISO certified and utilize a lot of Japanese methodology. I've seen ECRs come into the engineering office before lunch, and had new versions of drawings, inspection reports, and milling programs ready to run that afternoon. It's amazing when everyone brings their A-game and we make things happen.

[@stuartr.1420]

That last bit about authoritarianism, that was good stuff, and a lesson we should all be taking to heart.

[@advythoh]

Layered, deep, and multifaceted. I absolutely love the video and the creative storytelling.

[@TON._.N]

I did briefly have a chance to work at the multi-purpose engine factory as a translator. I can vouch that everything you’ve said in the video, they aren’t just for marketing, they take it seriously. Kaizens are heavily encouraged in every way possible, not just for the design. There were kaizens for safety and quality of life improvements when I was there (such as better oil spill protections for parts karts), and the proposers were rewarded for doing so.