Every business needs Transformation! How well does your organisation manage change!

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Lean is a time-tested holistic business practice. It is about designing and managing the organisational system which continuously focuses on developing scientific thinking among people and engaging them for improving, stabilizing and standardizing the processes to ensure satisfied customers, growth & profitability.

The fundamental principle behind becoming a Lean practicing enterprise or a Lean organisation is brilliantly described by Shoichiro Toyoda, ex-President of the Toyota Motors, “reducing waste for improving value addition”. Like he said, “waste is anything other than the optimum amount of equipment, materials, parts, space, and people’s time, which are absolutely essential to add value to the product”.

By perfecting the principle of developing people for continuously finding and eliminating waste every day, everywhere, year on year, Toyota Motors became the largest automaker in 2008 leaving behind the likes of Big-3 – General motors (GM), Ford & Chrysler. After studying the Toyota Production System, Dr Jeff Liker, Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan described the system through “The 14 principles” or “4Ps” in his book, The Toyota Way. In this book, the following 4Ps are explained in detail

P 1 – Philosophy:                   Long Term Philosophy

P 2 – People & Partners:      Improve value addition by developing people & partners

P 3 – Process:                       Right processes will produce the right results, every time

P 4 – Problem Solving:         Continuously solve root cause to drive organisational learning~ The Toyota Way

There are several Lean Tools & Techniques which help in achieving Lean Transformation such as:


Lean Office


Value Stream & Waste

A3 Problem Solving

Built in Quality

Just in TimeTotal Productive Maintenance

5S

Quick Changeover
Kaizen
Training within IndustryDaily Management
Hoshin Kanri

An organisation that adopt lean thinking and develops the capabilities of its employees on theses tools & techniques ultimately delights its customers. Lean transformation approach helps in continuously focusing on developing scientific thinking among people to engage them for improving, stabilizing and standardizing the processes resulting in:

  • Growth & Profits
  • Satisfied customers
  • Multi-skilled & satisfied people
  • Improved productivity & flexibility
  • Better utilization of equipment & space
  • Lower lead time/ throughput time/ process time/ set up time
  • Lower inventories – Raw materials, work in progress or finished
  • Better quality & Lower costs
  • Better capabilities, flexibility & agility

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