What waste, in the lean sense of the word, means, is an absence of value provided to the customer, not a specific manufacturing process. In effect, looking to create the same amount of value with fewer resources. Typically, we think of waste as a non-value adding activity within our operations. It seemed to us that a large part of the manufacturing world’s problem was the difficulty in figuring out what the customer really valued as opposed to the bundle of stuff that you are giving them. The problem with the connotations of the term ‘lean’ is that when people hear it, what that sounds like is cost reduction - and that’s never actually what we meant. As a lifelong student of lean thinking, Womack describes the problem: Womack: When manufacturers are so focused on streamlining their operations and improving efficiency, it can be difficult to take a step back and assess the value of the thing you are producing. So in everything they were doing, they were trying to create more value with less waste. They also had some other ways to do it in product development, developing suppliers, and supporting customers.
The Toyota guys had a way to do that in a production setting, called the Toyota Production System. So in broad brush, that’s all we meant by lean - more value with less waste. The choice of the word was the idea that if you thought carefully, and organized yourself in the right way, you might create more value with less waste. Therefore, it’s important to understand its roots and intended use: Dr. Due to its now widespread use, misconceptions of the term continue to persist. With a rich and complicated history, lean manufacturing principles have evolved and adapted to changing industries for over a century. ” He also founded the Lean Enterprise Institute in 1997 making him one of the foremost experts on all things lean. Womack has published many books on the topic, including “ Lean Thinking ” and “ Gemba Walks. Womack’s book, “The Machine That Changed the World”, first popularized the lean concepts in the automotive industry and began spreading the methodology throughout a variety of business types.
But lean wasn’t widely adopted until Taichii Ohno successfully developed the Toyota Productions System in the 1930s. These manufacturing concepts can be traced back to the early innovation of Henry Ford in the 1900s. Lean Thinking: The Idea That Changed the World
James Womack, to discuss the foundational elements of what makes lean thinking, lean. To better understand the relationships between costs, waste, and value, we sat down with one of the foremost experts of lean, Dr. But many companies make the vital mistake of confusing cost cutting with lean thinking. When properly applied, lean manufacturing principles cut costs by reducing waste and focusing on value.
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