Great discussion about Lean Manufacturing with Manufacturing Talk Radio. Lew, Tim, and Jason talk about the benefits of Lean and how it can effectively change an organization.
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As a lean consultant, I’ve had the opportunity to walk the floor of hundreds of companies over the years. Many of them are either looking to start their lean manufacturing journey, or have already begun. But in almost all of companies…there is a misunderstanding of the most important aspects of lean manufacturing. They are typically looking for Lean training, looking to gain some lean tools for their tool box. The companies are focused on finding the quick fix, the silver bullet that will solve all of their operational issues, and they hope the lean tools are the answer. But as many of us in the industry already know, the lean tools alone will not solve a companies issues and in most cases will simply fall apart without a greater understanding of the lean management and philosophical side of lean.
There has been a significant push for a Lean approach among entrepreneurs ever since the book, The Lean Startup, was published. As a Lean Consultant with a very strong entrepreneurial mindset and approach to life, this has been very interesting to me. I have enjoyed talking with other inventors about their MVP (Minimal Viable Products) and learning about how they test their ideas in the marketplace. The process of testing your product frequently against the market or some criteria of customer expectations is Lean Manufacturing at it’s core. Testing and Learning… Listen to the podcast below where Scott Tarcy and I spend some time discussing Lean and the Lean Startup approach.
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EHIIP Consulting is a US based Lean Consulting Company bringing years of experience of the Toyota Production System. Providing Lean consulting services, Lean Training, and other Lean Strategic help to companies looking to improve their internal capabilities. EHIIP has a long history of Privately owned and Private Equity own clients.