"It is a shame so many think lean is equal to “reducing staff.” Lean is about removing waste. Removing waste might mean that fewer people are needed but no real #lean_thinking organization aims to reduce staff..."
It is true most organization don't think systemically or respect people. Some of those companies may use the term "lean" but that is not what they are doing.
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/05/05/lean-thinking-misconception/
It is a shame so many think lean is equal to “reducing staff.” Lean is about removing waste. Removing waste might mean that fewer people are needed but no real lean thinking organization aims to reduce staff.
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it would be much better to redeploy staff not needed for streamlined processes to other jobs to service the companies growing business...
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/05/05/lean-thinking-misconception/
Who would I select, as the leaders of management improvement (#lean_thinking, six sigma, #systems_thinking continual improvement, #customer_focus, innovation, #Leadership quality management, theory of constraints…) thought and practice in 2006?
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/01/17/management-improvement-leaders/
Russell Ackoff – I find it difficult to imagine a list #management thought leader list, not including his name...
George Box: statistics, design of experiments, #data ...
James Womack and Daniel Jones...
Eliyahu M. Goldratt...
...I would say we too often criticize lean based on very poor applications called "lean." Studying Toyota is what gave us the name lean. Toyota has significant investments over the very long term in robotics; they innovated to create the Prius (and still dominate the hybrid market) and invest in research on things including home building, biotechnology and a thought controlled wheel chair...
https://evop.blogspot.com/2013/02/lean-thinking-aids-innovation-even-if.html
Long History of Lean Thinking in Government
"It is good news that a government organization is adopting lean thinking ideas, but this kind of thing has been going on for decades. My father wrote a short section in Dr. Deming's Out of the Crisis on applying these ideas in the City of Madison (early 1980's). I was involved in the Public Sector Network (federal, state and local gov in 1990's)..."
https://evop.blogspot.com/2013/01/long-history-of-lean-thinking-in.html
#management #public_administration #government #lean_thinking
Customer Focus is Central to Lean Thinking
https://evop.blogspot.com/2012/04/customer-focus-is-central-to-lean.html
...Lean is also very concerned with customer value. From that perspective usability is directly relevant and fits perfectly in the lean context. Lean focused on the ideas of usability for customers in the world of physical products. Usability of software fits with this perfectly...
Flexible Multi-Model Assembly Line at Toyota
https://www.allaboutlean.com/toyota-flexible-multi-model-assembly-line/
from the All About Lean blog by Christoph Roser. It is an excellent blog to add to your RSS imo.
"...Such a flexibility gives Toyota the ability to produce different models in almost any sequence. These lines were already common at Toyota around 1990..."
#management #Toyota #Toyota_Production_System #lean_thinking #lean
The flexible assembly line at Toyota is a well-known manufacturing approach. Such a flexibility gives Toyota the ability to produce different models in almost any sequence. These lines were already common at Toyota around 1990, and by now they are found at many car makers. Time to take a look at how it is done
"Lean people are always technology skeptics. They’re not Luddites, mind you, they’re just technology skeptics. They spend their time on creating a process that requires as little information as possible..."
James Womack
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2005/09/25/the-lion-of-lean/
Japan Airlines using #Toyota_Production_System Principles
"The team carried out their project by encouraging personnel to take on challenges. The team discovered that staff needed to learn that making a mistake while acting proactively was not a problem. The problem lay in not attempting to do anything at all."
One great thing about some lean concepts is they are not complicated to understand. It doesn’t take weeks of training to understand what to do. The hardest part is deciding to take the time to apply lean concepts...
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2005/09/02/visually-lean/
John Hunter