5 A Bit of History
To fully understand and apply certains principles, it’s also useful to know where they come from. A better knowledge of the past is more likely to open the right doors for the future.
Lean Engineering Roots
If you have been wondering about the roots of Lean and specifically Lean Engineering, and who the ‘inventors’ were, this chapter may prove to be enlightening. Among the inventors who inspired us, we have chosen first, Sakichi Toyoda, the founder of Toyota, and then the Wright brothers who made the first sustained, powered, controlled flight.
The roots of Lean in Engineering go back more than a hundred years, even though the term ‘Lean’ itself only dates back to the final decades of the ...
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