Chapter 7Kaizen every day
Running to standard
Whenever there is a problem, we should always first ask the question: Are we running to standard?
Many times the issue is simply that we’ve not followed the standard and we simply aren’t doing what we ought to be doing. It can be hard to admit to ourselves that we’ve simply been human and not followed the standard but, if we are able to do so, we can avoid a lot of time wasted solving problems that don’t, or at least shouldn’t, exist. Living Lean is knowing that you don’t need to reinvent everything and that using the standards that others have created is a fantastic way to then focus on applying your creativity to developing the next iteration of improvement.
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