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By the People, for the People
If you would ask experienced Lean people what the key is to making Lean
successful in any company, you will get one answer: people. Success with
Lean comes from employees building Lean practices, using them, and
improving them everywhere, every day, all the time. e same is true for a
Lean Management System.
Every employee in your company will be using the Lean Management
System. As the Lean CFO, it’s important for you to involve employees in
the development, deployment, improvement, and sustainment of your
company’s Lean Management System. Doing this will ensure that every-
one has an ownership stake in the system, ...