Philosophy
See also: Japanese philosophy- Lean manufacturing
- A generic process management philosophy derived mostly from the Toyota Production System (TPS) (hence the term Toyotism is also prevalent) and identified as "Lean" only in the 1990s.
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“A philosopher once said, “Half of good philosophy is good grammar.””
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