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#423 Soichiro Honda

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Automation Born From Rejected Parts

  • Early hand-made piston rings failed Toyota's QA, forcing Honda to automate and pursue interchangeability.
  • He developed machines enabling relatively untrained women to run production, a key wartime innovation later used for motorcycles.
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