Lean Implementation

Lean = Eliminating Waste

“Lean is a business philosophy used to continuously identify, reduce and

eliminate the wastes from all walks of business”.

Lean principles are derived from the Japanese manufacturing industry

In this focuses on removing the non-value added (NVA) delay,waste, and rework from your processes.

Lean can be used in any business and any industries.

Lean concept was truly introduced by Henry Ford,

Founder of Ford Motors in 1913.

Ford was the first company who had aligned their all manufacturing

assembly lines in a process sequence with special purpose

machines (continuous flow production).

Lean Six Sigma is taken as another glamorous term that is doing a buzz around for the improvement professionals.

Business world often describe this concept as highly technical method used by statisticians to achieve better products and processes with total employee involvement.

It’s true that ‘Measures’ and ‘Statistics’ are key ingredients of Six Sigma methodology, but that is not the whole story.

Lean brings in the humane aspect of the story and involves peopleinto the string of continuous improvement of the Organization.

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Lean Six Sigma is taken as another glamorous term that is doing a buzz around for the improvement professionals.

Business world often describe this concept as highly technical method used by statisticians to achieve better products and processes with total employee involvement.

It’s true that ‘Measures’ and ‘Statistics’are key ingredients of Six Sigmamethodology, but that is not the whole story.

Lean brings in the humane aspect of the story and involves people into the string of continuous improvement of the Organization.

The Five Steps Of Lean Implementation

Step 1.Specify Value

Step 2.Map Step 3.Flow

Step 4.Pull

Step 5:Perfection

Step 1: Specify Value

Define value from the perspective of the final customer.

Express value in terms of a specific product, which meets the customer's needs at a specific price and at a specific

time.

Step 2: Map

Identify the value stream, the set of all specific actions required to bring a specific product through the three critical managementtasks of any business:

The problem-solving task, the information management task, and the physical transformation task.

Create a map of the Current State and the Future State of thevalue stream. Identify and categorize waste in the Current State, and eliminate it!

Step 3 : Flow

Make the remaining steps in the value stream flow.

Eliminate functional barriers and develop a product-focussed organization that dramatically improves lead-time.

Step 4:Pull

Let the customer pull products as needed, eliminating the need for a sales forecast.

Step 5:Perfection

There is no end to the process of reducing effort, time, space, cost,and mistakes.

Return to the first step and begin the next lean transformation,offering a product which is ever more nearly what the customer wants.

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