Chapter 5Practising Lean
Using the tools
As you begin Living Lean, you will be practising using the tools that I discussed in the previous chapter. Remember, the premise of the book is that, even if you practise the tools on your organisation, the only way to become a true Lean leader is to practise them on yourself and the way that you manage your own ways-of-working. A good example of this is the 8 wastes, and how you can utilise their reduction to make yourself more effective in your work, at the same time improving your life balance.
The 8 wastes are assessed in terms of how they impede the creation of customer value, which could be the end customer of your business or organisation, or the next step in your ...
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