LEAN MANAGEMENT: What is the philosophy behind it? What's important? How do you achieve a lean production?
Lean Management - what it is...
- Lean Management is the task to make any process of a company more efficient. The methodology is universal and can be applied for development, production and administrative jobs.
- Lean Thinking creates the awareness to avoid waste, to work safely and to improve productivity continuously.
Lean Mangement - how it works...
- Non-value-add activities (=waste) and processes which only add more bureaucracy– will be identified, reduced or removed permanently.
- Lean management happens at the shop floor (GEMBA) or where the work is performed. It is a hands-on activity with practical problem resolution and based on continuous improvement of the entire work system.
Lean Management - why it's done...
- Lean management makes sure, that everybody in the company understands the own role to make a world class product – on time, in the right quality and generating profit for the company.
- The long-term objective in lean management is to achieve quality leadership and 100% customer orientation – ensuring competitiveness, safe work and sustainable growth.