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What is LEAN?

Lean is a business operational strategy that emphasizes four key elements:

1. Respect for people and changing how people think through teaching or mentoring continuous improvement.

2. Aligning all organization resources (people, machine, methods, materials) behind achieving the True North objectives. Everyone knows explicitly how they contribute to the mission and vision of the organization.

3. Creating a community of problem solvers who use scientific methods to solve problems that prevent delivering the greatest amount of value to the customer.

Why Get LEAN?

The byproducts of LEAN thinking, lower costs and higher throughput, are often presented as the goals of LEAN when in fact the real goal is the relentless pursuit for improving value provided to the customer. A LEAN organization understands the needs their customer(s) want solved and knows what the gaps are between their processes and the what the customer desireds. Companies that are LEAN are often described as more agile and nimble when in fact they really are best at identifying and solving customer needs.

Who's LEAN?

Organizations spanning all industries and services, including manufacturing, office, health care and government, use LEAN principles as the way they think and do.  For more information on Who's LEAN, click Markets, Customers, or Partners.

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The Power of LEAN

Below are three examples of many to demonstrate how LEAN can help your organization:

Problem
Solution
Customers are complaining about billing & invoicing errors. Use Value Stream Mapping to find the waste in your processes.
There is always a "mad dash" to clean up when customers visit. Implementing 5S will make your place "tour ready" anytime.
Scheduling is a nightmare; it always changes. Establishing a Cellular Workplace with Standardized Work can make scheduling an effective and reliable process.