2021-01-02

Daily Log:
- [[til2021]] Toyota Production Management Principles
  - Certain Japanese words are left untranslated in English such as Bonsai, Karate, Karaoke, Futon which are loanwords
  - Agile management system uses many principles developed from Toyota's manufacturing plant in Burnaston
  - Andon: A visual indication for action
  - Gemba: The physical location of where work is done
  - Genchi Genbutsu: Instead of explaining the event, go see for yourself to have a the best understanding of the situation
  - Hansei: Retrospective, even for successful tasks
  - Jidokai: Design of systems that allows for it to be halted immediately whenever a problem occurs. By catching early defects, this eliminates wastes from mistakes
  - Just-in-time: Produce what is needed whenever the customers want it
  - Kaizen: Continuous improvement work environment that allows the workers to identify shortcomings and promotes new ideas
  - Kanban: A board system to convey the tasks required for production
  - Muda: Waste that does not add any value
  - Mura: Waste from unevenness or irregularities
  - Muri: Waste from overburden
  - Poka-Yoke: Devices that halts production when a mistake is detected
- [[til2021]] Loanword
  - A word that is left untranslated from another language and permanently adopted as is
  - Tofu, Cafe, Kindergarten, Calque, Deja vu
  - It differs from calque
- [[til2021]] Calque
  - A word or phrase that is translated literally word-for-word from another language
  - Skyscraper is a calque in many other languages
  - Flea market is a calque from French term marches aux puces (market of fleas)
Retrospective::
- One week ago: [[December 26th, 2020]]
- One month ago: [[December 2nd, 2020]]
- One quarter ago: [[October 2nd, 2020]]
- One year ago: [[January 2nd, 2020]]
Daily Stoic::
- [[quotes]] "Don't trust the masses that say only the free can be educated, but rather the lovers of wisdom that say that only the educated are free"
- Reading for knowledge to become freer, bold, and peaceful