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We
often hear the following comments from our clients.
Lean
will not work at our organization because:
- We
are not a manufacturing company, lean is only for manufacturing
- Lean
only works in high volume production, we are a custom low
volume shop
- We
are unique and different
- Lean
is only for auto production companies like Toyota
- We
are a small shop and lean only works for larger companies
- We
tried it before and it did not work here
- The
lean tools do not apply to us
- Our
process can't be improved any more
- Our
people won't do lean
- Lean
is only for getting rid of people
Lean
is nothing more than the identification and elimination of
wasteful activities that exist within your business processes.
Most of our processes are loaded with wasteful activities
such as:
- Motion
(walking and searching for things)
- Waiting
(idle time)
- Over
Production and Over Ordering
- Inventory
and Supplies
- Movement
(moving of parts, supplies, paperwork, patients and customers)
- Processing
(redundant or unnecessary process steps)
- Complexity
The
benefits of waste elimination can be amazing.
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