8. Conclusion
My goal in writing this book was to provide you with the foundational elements needed to support continuous improvement. The company kaizen program has proven to be very successful in giving organizations the vision, focus, and drive to make lean a part of doing business. It is also important to understand that taking lean in its “textbook” version is dangerous, as any journey must be custom-fit to the company’s needs, processes, products, customer base, and employees. I hope that you will take the concepts of the kaizen steering committee, the kaizen champion, lean communication system, tracking, team selection, team leader selection, kaizen event facilitation, and many of the other ideas described here and make them fit the unique ...
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