Chapter 4The Principles of Lean Management
The second third of the pie is that of Lean management. Developed out of the foundations of the Toyota Production System, it is primarily based in the effort to remove non-value-added activities from the various processes found within our products and services. Non-value-added activities and associated waste are those actions that do not bring any value to the end user of our products and services. The concepts behind Lean management were first presented in detail by James Womack and Daniel Jones in Lean Thinking. We have taken the Womack-Jones principles and enhanced the list, once again turning to Dr. Lawrence Miller from his book Lean Culture.1 We can take these concepts ...
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