15Management Mind-Set to Support QRM
THROUGHOUT THIS BOOK you have seen that QRM requires a new way of thinking about fundamental issues in a manufacturing corporation. Traditional management approaches are rooted in economies of scale, leading to a cost-based mind-set. On the other hand, for QRM you need to be thinking in terms of minimizing time or maximizing speed. In a sense, then, to apply QRM you need to first identify the mind-set management must adopt to achieve economies of speed. Just as the desire for economies of scale led managers to measure and minimize cost, it is my view that the desire for economies of speed should lead them to the measurement and minimization of time. However, for companies to shift their emphasis from cost-based ...
