What is to be lean?

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What does lean stand for? What is to be lean? A short definition of the so called "Lean manufacturing".

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What’s 2B Lean*?

*term used by MIT, Jones & Womacks, in 1987 to describe the TPS

The English word “Lean” has no explicit link to continuous

improvement.

Lean is a buzz word!

Toyota called it TPS for:

Toyota Production

System

Manufacturing

Manufacturing

Lean applies

in a company.

Lean=5S kanban

Andon

Muda Kaizen

JIT

JidokaTOC

Heijunka

SMED6Sigma

QRQCVisual management

VSM

TAKTPoka Yoke

Genba5Why

8D

Muri

Mura

A3Autonomation

TeamworkHoshin

Pull

Standards

Lean=5S kanban

Andon

Muda Kaizen

JIT

JidokaTOC

Heijunka

SMED6Sigma

QRQCVisual management

VSM

TAKTPoka Yoke

Genba5Why

8D

Muri

Mura

A3Autonomation

TeamworkHoshin

Pull

Standards

It’s not about

“At Toyota we don’t build cars, webuild people, our people build cars.

The tools are there only to developour people.”

Lean=Thinking

(Principles and rules)

What is really behind companiesthat succeed at sustained leanimplementation is the

level of thinking

driven by lean principles and rules.

WE ALL WEAR A PAIR OF GLASSES

ALL OF US!

THIS ONE

R  E  A

A PAIR OF GLASSESWITH A LOT OF FILTERS

FILTERS

VERY EARLY

ALL YOUR LIFE

R  E  A   L I  

Lean thinking is about implementing new filters…

PRINCIPLES RULES

…to let employees observeeveryday work…

R  E  A

L  ICURRENTSTA

…and see gaps between currentand ideal state.

IDEALSTA

CURRENTSTA

Based on these filters…

… employees collect information,make decisions and take actions.

LEAN PRINCIPLES & RULES

Thinking is powerful in changing an organization.

The way an organization’s peoplethink determines the quality andconsistency of their actions.

Thinking drives behaviors.

Behaviors drive action.

Action drives results.

No tool can fix

poor thinking.

How you think matters!

Lean=Thinking

(Principles and rules)

program

program

Journey

Toyota Production System started in 1947.

It is still a "work in progress"

is a

…about Transformationof Management culture

…and employee’s

empowerment

LeanManufacturing

Lean=thinking(Principles and rules)

Lean is a never ending

journey

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