Creating a Lean Culture, 3rd Edition

8 ◾ Creating a Lean Culture: Tools to Sustain Lean Conversions

physical production process to be a success, managers must change from

the habitual focus on results to a quite different and less obvious focus on

process and all it entails.

Lean Management Focuses on Process

The Lean management system consists of the discipline, daily practices, and

tools you need to establish and maintain a persistent, intensive focus on

process. It is the process focus that sustains and extends Lean implementa-

tions. And the practices of Lean management create process focus. Here is

how this happens:

1. The visual controls called for in a Lean management implementation rep-

resent Lean’s emphasis on process. Timely maintenance of visuals provides

physical evi ...