Mrs. Gilbreth "brought psychology into the mix by studying the motivations of workers and how attitudes affected the outcome of a process" (Strategic Consultants, 2004).
             In 1910, Henry Ford and his 'right-hand-man Charles E. Sorensen fashioned the first comprehensive Manufacturing Strategy. They took all the elements of a manufacturing system-- people, machines, tooling, and products-- and arranged them in a continuous system for manufacturing the Model T automobile. Ford was so incredibly successful he quickly became one of the world's richest men and put the world on wheels. Ford is considered by many to be the first practitioner of Just-in-Time and Lean Manufacturing. Ford's success inspired many others to copy his methods. But most of those who copied did not understand the fundamentals. (Strategic Consultants, 2004)
             o W. Edward Deming: Dr. Deming was an American statistician and quality control expert. He helped develop the first U.S. Census and then later the Japanese Census. Dr. Deming's ideas of improving quality while still increasing productivity would become known as Total Quality Management (TQM). This unique management style was strongly embraced by Japan but not the US.
             In the 1950's, Japanese industrialist studied the American production methods, paying specific "attention to Ford practices and the Statistical Quality Control practices of Dr. W. Edwards Deming" (Strategic Consultants, 2004). Taichii Ohno, at the Toyota Motor Company began to incorporate "Ford production, Statistical Process Control and other techniques into an approach called Toyota Production System or Just-in-Time" (Strategic Consultants). [For a visual timeline please see, Figure 1, p. 10]
             The purpose of the Just-in-Time [JIT] strategy is to cut costs, eliminate waste and use all employees as efficiently at possible. Several steps in preparing for
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