RESOURCES
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The Goldmine
The Goldmine shares the human side of implenting lean Principles.
While offering the technical know how to get lean done.
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The Toyota Way
Winner of 2005 SHINGO PRIZE for EXCELLENCE in MANUFACTURING RESEARCH
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Gives your shopfloor workers the information they need to understand plan, and implement kanban.
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WHERE DID IT COME
FROM?
Lean Thinking was first developed in the USA and utilised by Henry Ford in his early production lines. Toyota later went to America to learn how to make cars and soon found the philosophy had good foundations and could be applied very well in Japan.
That was over 50 years ago. Toyota has since developed the philosophy extensively and perhaps because of the Japanese culture's more disciplined approach to life the application has been extremely successful.
It is now practiced globally as people have learned that Lean Thinking is just that….”Thinking about how to improve processes where ever they are”.
LEAN THINKING.
Lean Thinking is a whole systems approach to continuously improving Quality, Delivery, Cost and Safety. It is a team based methodology to systematically identify and eliminate waste where ever it occurs.
Waste in Lean Terms click here
Continuous improvement is an essential element of any business trying to grow in the tortuous environment in which we live and work. Attaining this sometimes mystical environment is difficult to achieve unless there is a defined structure and methodology. Very often there is a huge gap between those in the organisation who have the influence and those who have the knowledge about what happens on the process level.
Lean Thinking bridges this gap by creating the right environment where everyone can make a contribution to making the business better and more secure for the stakeholders.
LEAN CULTURE
Cultural development is critical to the success of any Lean Journey. Hence the level of engagement with people throughout the organisation will determine how successful the Lean Journey will be. Lean is about helping people develop a different way of thinking about their daily activities – being involved, not being afraid to identify issues, helping develop solutions and then implementing those solutions. Involvement nurtures growth in people and their leadership – being able to help take the organisation forward.