What is Lean about? Lean is about reducing the lead time of a process. Applying Lean requires that we find the waste in the process, where waste is those activities that increase lead time but do not add value to a product or service. The seven deadly categories of waste guide us toward identifying it. The Lean methodology can be summarized by these steps:
1.Define the metrics that are important for improving the target process.
2.Construct a value stream map (VSM) of the current process.
3.Find waste and brainstorm process improvements.
4.Construct a VSM of the future process reflecting the proposed improvements.
5.Prioritize the improvements and implement them, possibly using kaizen events for improvements ...
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