Creating a Lean Culture, 3rd Edition

xxvi ◾ Introduction

Part II consists of Chapters 7 through 12 and covers how to learn Lean

production and, especially, how to learn Lean management. The approaches to

each are nearly identical. Nine attributes are described for leading a Lean con-

version project and the important role played by these attributes in slightly—but

importantly—different forms when leading an ongoing Lean production area.

New in this edition, Chapter 8 distinguishes between learning Lean

(production and management) as an apprentice Lean practitioner and

mastering Lean management as an executive. Most executives need not

master Lean tools applications. Instead, mastery of Lean management equips

executives to assess the health and fidelity of the Lean strategy t ...