5Making Change Happen with 5S

The successful implementation of Lean into the overall business will help change the way your culture thinks and perceives the company. This chapter is dedicated to providing one powerful Lean implementation tool that will transform your business and to show how this will change a lot of the dysfunction I described in the first four chapters.

Within the Lean philosophy, there are numerous tools and techniques for reducing waste, and each one has a place and purpose. Many organizations today starting Lean struggle to find legitimate starting points with Lean and often the journey fails quite fast. Don’t get caught up in the giant picture of the overall business model of Lean; start small and work your way through ...

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