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

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[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@OU-SD]

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.

[@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.

[@dofusquentin]

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

[@sennamontea1380]

As a film teacher your videos always make my day

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@oadka]

this video is so meta, using the 5S principle within the video itself. The production quality is unbelievable.

[@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.

[@glenncarruthers3515]

As a retired Honda employee, these concepts were drilled into us each and every day. Being in the Maintenance Dept, we would create a "WHY-WHY" each time there was a significant equipment downtime in order to get the Root Cause. You've summed up these 3 concepts nicely with your examples. One other more common concept is the PDCA "Plan-Do-Check-Action" that we practiced to continuously improve our process's.

[@kiasax2]

My beloved Honda 400-4 is brought up! I LOVED MY 400-4! I rode it for 15 years, that's how much I LOVED IT! ❤❤

[@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.

[@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.

[@danielneill2369]

Maybe the coolest video yet. Richard Sennett talks about Japanese manufacturing and the way they took workers experiences into account in his book The Craftsman, so it was interesting to see it elaborated here.

[@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. :)

[@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.

[@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!!

[@RoadsideWanderer]

As a supply chain master's graduate, you've absolutely nailed it and this could easily be shown in lectures

[@louisgunn7314]

Just in time just means it's always late.

[@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.

[@jp7152]

What a Great video, I used to own a Honda 20 years ago, and I still miss it. Thks!

[@stuartr.1420]

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

[@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.

[@philpowe3079]

I used to work for a multinational company that incorporated 5s into its work flow, the biggest issue was management constantly changing it. It can work in certain industries but for customers that would change orders constantly and require design changes quickly it became something that slowed us down

[@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".

[@Ducaso]

This video was a multi layered demonstration of how Kaizen works. Very cool.

[@ankitpsk]

The quality of most of your videos, especially this one is insanely good. Honestly you guys deserve to be in the big screen

[@ishitsompura]

As a guy who downloaded DaVinci Resolve a few days back and is learning how to edit, you guys are magicians.

[@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.

[@nonyabusiness4151]

Thank you for stopping 46 from committing Sepukku because the part wasn't perfect. 😅

[@xaviyagami]

I love the way this videos are made. Everything is there for a reason, watching the video explaining something and aplying it at the same time... Nice!

[@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.

[@katsuya2742]

"you meet the nicest people on a Honda"

[@TakumoZ]

I just started video editing and boy do i appreciate your videos guys!

[@admireinspire]

These 1 takes impress me and keep tension throughout. God like production.

[@peterrussell798]

Just In Time only works in perfect circumstances.

[@gamergoneretro7898]

I own a 40 year old Honda CG 125. So fun to ride, reliable and for some reason i ve never had to tune it for an emission test since i rebuilt the engine 3 years ago

[@stephenphilp1380]

CB400 four was my first motorcycle and it was that exact same blue! Wow!

[@ammarharith5512]

I knew about Kaizen back when I did my internship at Yamaha motorcycle plant in Malaysia. It's odd to fawn over a nerdy subject like this but I dig it. 👍

[@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.

[@Qasibr]

Does that bike jacket really have a laptop pocket? 5:36

[@tofu042]

Great visualization of these concepts. As a Motocompo owner I can say that its one of the most reliable vehicles I have ever owned and it is a 42 year old 2-stroke powered Trunkbike. As far as I know the Engine was never opened. Despite its size its pretty straight forward and fun to wrench on it, so maintenance is a joy.

[@linus11vf1j]

As someone that works currently in the automotive sector, it warms my heart that quality concepts are still being preached. Even by people not in the field. I struggle with my colleagues and management currently on the why's (aka root cause problem solving). It's slow "right now" but then there won't be a problem again ever after. Unfortunately, I'm being over-ruled for bandaid now (often literal bypasses) by another colleague and then we force some trainee to watch the thing to not break down until the customer demands a permanent fix. Often at time crunch and our expense.

[@thomasbrogan8036]

This is classiest thing on KZbin. 4:28 "Touche"

[@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.

[@killersodas7695]

Loves the video

[@danieleorlandi8418]

I've seen it 3 times already

[@brandonwoodruff7248]

If businesses took the time to notice the details, they could learn from this video and Honda. Ryan is the Goat!

[@darshanborgohain3515]

I recently came across your channel and I am falling in love in the content and the way of your illustration... kudos bros

[@timberwolfdtproductions3890]

Only Fortnine could show me four different versions (each reinforcing the other) and keep my interest. Brilliant.

[@mbboisvert]

Your creativity and humor is genius and tasteful. Thank you for producing such great content.

[@Troph2]

JIT works great until there is a supply chain breakdown.

[@vvevvevvvv]

It's relevant for everyone manufacturing technique.

[@ThisIsTheInternet]

You minimize risk of JIT by vertical integration of critical components

[@libraeotequever3pointoh95]

​@@ThisIsTheInternetwhat does that mean?

[@Pheonixco]

Also a cultural thing, in a culture where allegiance is high to a corporation, due in part to that corporation at least outwardly taking care of its employees and rewarding loyalty, you have more compliant employees more than happy to insure the success of the company and the policies are followed. If you have companies who's only goal is profit, and the employees are numbers that can be thrown away to pad books for that quarter? The employee isn't going to give two shits about your 5s policies, they're going to do what they think the value of their work is and if its not enough to to keep them comfortable then that part that needed to go out on Tuesday night to be at the plant Wednesday morning, is going to be put on the truck Wednesday night. Japanese corporate cultures has its definate negatives but the reason it works with those standards is because their culture tends to reward loyalty, whereas Western companies that try to implement these policies are just assholes.

[@arax20]

​@@libraeotequever3pointoh95you produce important bits in house so somebody else fucking up doesn't affect you

[@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

[@portage600]

Here's a testament to how good Hondas are. I just sold a 79 CX500 and a 82 SilverWing. They guy that bought them lives in San Diego California, I live in Northwestern Iowa. He flew out and rode them home. Both bikes with over 15k miles. Only hiccup was getting a flat about 250 miles from his house. The Road Trip Flip is the guys channel on KZbin and Instagram if you feel like following his trip.

[@Evdawg7]

A lot of manufacturing folks are beaming seeing this video! Very clever making a point to iterate on your process throughout! Quality and Continuous improvement are iterative processes! Thanks for validating the importance of quality

[@drstonebeck]

So many layers of brilliance here! Amazing work!

[@ricardorgomez]

There are so many things supervisors and business owners can learn from this short and fantastic video...... Well done!

[@sobhi05]

This is the true empowering employees. This SHOULD BE taught in schools globally to stop waste raise generations that take responsibility for their actions. Thank you for bringing the idea to the masses.

[@maxhugen]

I bought the original Honda CB 750 when it first came out... thoroughly enjoyed it, and minimal maintenance. Changed to flat handlebars, and lowered the seat myself, for a better posture. Sounded stunning for it's day too... after removing the baffles in the exhausts 😎🇦🇺

[@a.r.t.4611]

Used to own a Honda 400/4. Excellent all rounder, and the epitomy of Japanese manufacturing excellence.

[@Cpt.Obvious8565]

I'm so glad Ryan came back!

[@busterscrugs]

Learned about these principles in a manufacturing/supply chain management class. This was a much more entertaining presentation!

[@sleepingcat3983]

Really appreciate your lessons in filmmaking, great takes and re-takes parter!😊

[@tomruffner6283]

The final line is an important one. Thanks.

[@mitchwiebell2785]

Creativity is a wonderful, powerful “thing”! Great vid, as always!!!

[@andrewsalo7480]

This video was partly filmed in Esquimalt Gorge Park in Victoria BC I noticed. Mainly the Japanese gardens portion.

[@UncleMatt141]

The way this Uncle does he's shots in one take..He's built different

[@fabianmarcoschau]

I love the little inprovements in this video

[@akarshjain2212]

This video should be shown to every procastinator . Kudos to fortnine team

[@grinninglama655]

I recently graduated with a degree in Industrial Engineering and the concepts discussed in this video were the foundation of everything we learned in school. Wish I had this video then!

[@pabloapostar7275]

I graduated with a degree in Industrial Engineering 40 YEARS AGO and the concepts discussed in this video WAS NOT the foundation of ANYTHING we learned in school. It was mentioned, here and there, in some courses, like production and inventory control (JIT) or management operations ("the employees know when the screw ups in the manufacturing are occurring; talk to them" and where I learned how to understand statistical process control charts, weirdly). (there was a slogan back then that American industry was twenty years behind the academics) The info in this video was something we learned in practice and read about in articles exalting Japanese manufacturing -- as that was the decade that American manufacturing took back seats to Japan and Germany. However, the articles mainly exalted Deming -- after all, Deming was an American, the articles were targeted to an American audience, and what better way to exalt Japan than by crediting a rebel American for Japan's success? But we did read his books. Good luck.

[@grinninglama655]

@@pabloapostar7275 Wow, Thanks for the reply! If you didn’t learn it then and I’m only learning it now, I wonder what’s happening in the industry now that someone else will only learn in 40 years!😂

[@rueci6664]

"Individual authority is the one thing authoritarians can't copy" Ryan F9..... Superb!

[@AdamDallas]

It took me the whole video to 'get' the continuous re-shoots, but gosh darn if I didn't have an 'OHHH' moment once I saw that beautiful concept in action.

[@HarshitGupta9]

Loved the "argh" in kaizen. Now that I think about it, that "argh" might be the transition point towards continuous improvement!

[@tuskegee87]

This is part of Lean Six Sigma. It's a great concept to use in your work centers

[@dauntlessoperator41]

Banger of a video!! From kaizen to kanban...good stuff!!

[@DrAl_]

Education by demonstration - so meta and so unexpected. Bravo!

[@johnstone7697]

Best motorcycle channel on KZbin...by a mile!

[@HonestKeyboard1771]

this was so wonderfully produced (like most of the videos here). I hope Boeing looks at this video and understands they have been doing it backwards haha. Cheers to the F9 team.

[@tr0nixx]

I love the creativity. Besides the information, i love how fun and entertaining u guys make it.

[@littlejimmy7402]

I worked for a fairly large auto part manufacturer that supplies many large American auto manufacturers. In my case I was setting up some of the disaster recovery systems, I'm a computer guy so manufacturing was really my thing in the beginning. A lot of programming was required so that a workstation could be replaced in >5 min. They hired Me as an employee, not a contractor. I was fine with that at the time. UNTIL the 5S Police showed up (the first set of 5S Police), the plant I was working at was a JIT supplier. There was a lot of time and money spent on Kaizen principles and whatnot. There was more than one department, and more than one person who all thought they were Primarily responsible. None of them used the same standard. Pretty much quarterly I had to stop what I was doing to re-clean, re-organize, RE-LABEL everything on my desk. The company loved to beat their chest about 5S, but the company didn't understand 5S. Didn't understand that one size fits all solutions don't necessarily work when trailblazing was still being done. In that poor implementation it was a serious time/money sink.

[@Ian-ny6ux]

More Honda content please. As a diehard honda guy. This for me. Is utter joy.

[@jefflambert8603]

John Bloor a House Builder Built a Factory in Hinckley England & Using these Principles Triumph Motorcycles were Resurrected

[@OlimpiuVuia]

Well, you did it! I have to watch it again. And probably again...

[@svetlovska]

Very smooth. Give this man his own tv show.

[@ankitpandey2164]

As a Lean Operations Excellence professional, I love how F9 team just gave the easiest breakdown of Lean and Continuous Improvement

[@zx12rob1]

Really enjoyed going to implement in my automation workshop Thank you for the effort 👌

[@Su_Tubbu]

Hi FortNine and congrats for this video! As a 25+more experienced rider and as a 25+ more supply chain expert I enjoyed each and every single second of it and I feel like this video could even help many SCM professionals! Unfortunately, and I don’t blame you because it’s a commun misunderstanding of the concept, the way you “pronounce” just in time is wrong. It’s not « just in time » but « just, in time » meaning: the just quantity(and quality), in due time. Since decades many industries try to reach the zero inventories target in order to endorse the JIT philosophy which create unwanted tension in the production or supply flows. Inventories are an asset for a company if they are well dimensioned and help buffering the different stages of production. Will not elaborate here but needed to say it! Thanks for your interest in the SCM science and congrats for the show!

[@bob_mikhail]

5 whys is great technique I use every time at work as a programmer. Managers don't like it cause it usually comes down to their actions as a root cause of the problems with code)) Kaizen is also something I'd use every now and then, but it gets tricky cause changes is not something everybody would always be ok with

[@OutboundEscobar]

This video is a masterpiece! Well done Fortnine!

[@andrewely3271]

One of the best you’ve made, that. ❤

[@tankerd1847]

Learning about 5S in a FortNine video, how about that? I'm an aerospace engineer, for context. It's funny because when you're working at a manufacturing plant you take stuff like 5S and Kaizen for granted, but it really is amazing how much more efficiently things work when you adhere to those principles. And in my line of work, where you revise and change parts to make product improvements all the time, you really see the effects of poor planning, organization and inventory control.

[@smiththers2]

I have never been let down by anything I've owned if it was Japanese made... I will always love Hondas because my dad sold them in the 70s-90s. I love browsing the listings for sale and being reminded of all the different models they had over the last 40 years. My oldest currently is a 1987 trx250 utility model quad. It's not the fastest thing out there but I'll be damned if the ONLY thing I've had to do to it was carburetor work and brakes.. I cannot say that about the 20 year newer Polaris I've got that feels so broken that I just can't love it.

[@קלנועיותצרעה]

Absolute poetry Information that can fill an entire year's course in industrial and management studies

[@jassidom]

If I wanted to knock it out of the park on a major educational project, I'd do it with this guy. He's truly exceptional.

[@Repete29321]

I would love to see a video on Shows and how that company started and what their products have done in the motorcycling world.

[@e010222476]

Honda is the way! I’m still riding a 99’ VFR800. An still love it!