Sakichi Toyoda

Sakichi Toyoda  ya kasance mai kirkiro da masanin masana'antu na Japan wanda ya kafa Toyoda Automatic Loom Works (daga baya Toyota Industries). Dan manomi kuma masassaƙi mai nema, ya fara kamfanonin iyalin Toyoda. Ɗansa, Kiichiro Toyoda, daga baya zai kafa babbar kamfanin kera motoci a Japan, Toyota. Ana kiran Toyoda "Sarkin Masu Inventors na Japan".

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Sakichi Toyoda a ranar 19 ga watan Maris (a ranar 14 ga watan 2 a cikin Kalandar Lunar Gabashin Asiya), 1867, a Yamaguchi, Lardin Tōtōmi (Kosai, Shizuoka na yanzu),  zuwa Ikichi da Ei Toyoda . Ikichi masassaƙi ne kuma manomi, kuma ya koyar da ɗansa masassaƙi. Yaron Sakichi zai yi daidai da ƙarshen zamanin Edo, wanda Meiji da manufofin sake fasalin ya maye gurbinsa. Sakichi ya kasance mai karatu mai ƙwazo a lokacin ƙuruciyarsa, kuma ya shirya ƙungiyar nazarin matasa don matasa. An yi wahayi zuwa gare shi ta hanyar tafiya zuwa Ueno don ziyartar Nuni na Injin Kasa na Uku, daga baya ya sauya masana'antar masana'antu, wanda ke amfani da tururi, mai, da wutar lantarki.

 Toyoda Aikin Loom na atomatik 
Toyoda Automatic Loom Works kamfani ne na masana'antu wanda Sakichi Toyoda ya kafa a 1926.  Ya ba shi lakabin mahaifin juyin juya halin masana'antu na Japan. Shi ne kuma wanda ya kafa Toyota Industries Co., Ltd.

Toyoda ya kirkiro kuma ya kirkiro na'urorin saƙa da yawa, yana gabatar da tsarin samar da man fetur da aka yi amfani da shi don samar da wutar lantarki ga injunan Toyoda. Mafi shahararren abin da ya kirkira shi ne na'urar sarrafa wutar lantarki ta atomatik inda ya aiwatar da ka'idar Jidoka (autonomous automation). Ka'idar Jidoka, wanda ke nufin cewa na'urar ta tsaya kanta lokacin da matsala ta faru, daga baya ta zama wani ɓangare na Toyota Production System.

Toyoda ya kirkiro manufar 5 Whys: Lokacin da matsala ta faru, tambaya "me ya sa" sau biyar don ƙoƙarin gano tushen matsalar, sannan sanya wani abu don hana matsalar sake dawowa. Ana amfani da wannan ra'ayi a yau a matsayin wani ɓangare na amfani da hanyoyin lean don warware matsaloli, inganta inganci, da rage farashi.

Motar alatu ta Toyota Century, wacce aka gabatar a 1967, ta samo sunanta daga ranar haihuwar Sakichi Toyoda ta 100.

A ranar 15 ga Afrilu, 1973, Ofishin Jakadancin Japan ya zaɓe shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin Manyan Masu kirkiro Goma na Japan.
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