Long History of Lean Thinking in Government

"It is good news that a government organization is adopting lean thinking ideas, but this kind of thing has been going on for decades. My father wrote a short section in Dr. Deming's Out of the Crisis on applying these ideas in the City of Madison (early 1980's). I was involved in the Public Sector Network (federal, state and local gov in 1990's)..."

https://evop.blogspot.com/2013/01/long-history-of-lean-thinking-in.html

#management #public_administration #government #lean_thinking

Customer Focus is Central to Lean Thinking

https://evop.blogspot.com/2012/04/customer-focus-is-central-to-lean.html

...Lean is also very concerned with customer value. From that perspective usability is directly relevant and fits perfectly in the lean context. Lean focused on the ideas of usability for customers in the world of physical products. Usability of software fits with this perfectly...

#management #lean_thinking #usability #customer_focus

Flexible Multi-Model Assembly Line at Toyota

https://www.allaboutlean.com/toyota-flexible-multi-model-assembly-line/

from the All About Lean blog by Christoph Roser. It is an excellent blog to add to your RSS imo.

"...Such a flexibility gives Toyota the ability to produce different models in almost any sequence. These lines were already common at Toyota around 1990..."

#management #Toyota #Toyota_Production_System #lean_thinking #lean

"Lean people are always technology skeptics. They’re not Luddites, mind you, they’re just technology skeptics. They spend their time on creating a process that requires as little information as possible..."

James Womack

https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2005/09/25/the-lion-of-lean/

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"Lean people are always technology skeptics. They’re not Luddites, mind you, they’re just technology skeptics. They spend their time on creating a process that requires as little information as possible..."

James Womack

https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2005/09/25/the-lion-of-lean/

#lean_thinking #management

Japan Airlines using #Toyota_Production_System Principles

https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2005/08/23/japan-airlines-using-toyota-production-system-principles/

"The team carried out their project by encouraging personnel to take on challenges. The team discovered that staff needed to learn that making a mistake while acting proactively was not a problem. The problem lay in not attempting to do anything at all."

#management #continual_improvement #lean_thinking

One great thing about some lean concepts is they are not complicated to understand. It doesn’t take weeks of training to understand what to do. The hardest part is deciding to take the time to apply lean concepts...

https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2005/09/02/visually-lean/

#management #lean_thinking #lean

Some try to implement lean ideas without properly setting the stage by instituting policy’s such as Virginia Mason’s no layoff policy. Lean ideas will not work, as they should, without changes to the way the organization makes decisions. Failing to understand this factor is one reason some organizations are frustrated with the results they experience when trying to apply #lean_thinking.

https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2005/08/17/going-lean-in-health-care/

#management #organization_as_a_system