Sakichi Toyoda

Sakichi Toyoda
豊田 佐吉
Born February 14, 1867 (1867-02-14)
Kosai, Shizuoka, Japan
Died October 30, 1930 (1930-10-31) (aged 63)
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Occupation Founder, Toyota Boshoku Corporation, Toyota Industries, which eventually spawned the Toyota Group

Sakichi Toyoda (豊田 佐吉, Toyoda Sakichi, February 14, 1867 – October 30, 1930) was a Japanese inventor and industrialist. He was born in Kosai, Shizuoka. The son of a farmer and sought-after carpenter, he started the Toyoda family companies. His son, Kiichiro Toyoda, would later establish the world's largest automaker, Toyota. Toyoda is referred to as the "King of Japanese Inventors".

Toyoda Automatic Loom Works

Toyoda Automatic Loom Works was the engineering manufacturing company established by Sakichi Toyoda in 1926[1]. It earned him the moniker of father of the Japanese industrial revolution. He is also the founder of Toyota Industries Co., Ltd.

Toyoda invented and innovated numerous textile-focused weaving devices, introducing innovative fueling systems used to power his Toyoda-branded machines. His most famous invention was the automatic power loom in which he implemented the principle of Jidoka (autonomous automation). The principle of Jidoka, which means that the machine stops itself when a problem occurs, became later a part of the Toyota Production System.

Toyoda developed the concept of 5 Whys: When a problem occurs, ask "why" five times to try to find the source of the problem, then put into place something to prevent the problem from recurring. This concept is used today as part of applying lean methodologies to solve problems, improve quality, and reduce costs.

Early life and education

Sakichi Toyoda was born on February 14, 1867, in Yamaguchi, Tōtōmi Province (present-day Kosai, Shizuoka),[2] to Ikichi and Ei Toyoda. Ikichi was a carpenter and a farmer, and he taught carpentry to his son. Sakichi's boyhood would coincide with the end of the shogunate era, replaced by the Meiji and its reformist policies. Sakichi was an avid reader in his youth, and he organized a youth study group for teens. Inspired by a trip to Ueno to visit the Third National Machinery Exposition, he would go on to revolutionize the textile industry, powered by steam, oil, and electricity.

Family tree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sasuke
 
Heikichi
 
 
 
Asako
 
Sakichi
 
Tami
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eiji
 
Rizaburo
 
Aiko
 
Kiichiro
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shuei
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tatsuro
 
Shoichiro
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Akio

References

  1. ↑ https://www.toyota-industries.com/company/history/toyoda_sakichi/
  2. ↑ https://www.toyota-industries.com/company/history/toyoda_sakichi/


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