The Lean Turnaround Action Guide: How to Implement Lean, Create Value and Grow Your People

Introduction

The State of the Lean Movement

Most companies today have heard about Lean. Many have tried it in some form or other. Unfortunately, although the concepts are very simple, implementing Lean is not, and as a result few companies have benefited. Most that have put forth a serious effort have failed and gone back to their traditional batch ways. This does not have to be the case. I was fortunate in my career to have learned from four Lean sensei, all of whom spent their whole careers working under Taiichi Ohno, the father of the Toyota Production System. I always saw the Toyota Production System (TPS) as a tremendous strategic weapon—the basis of how you run your company. I have used this approach to turn around various companies for ...