5 Things I am Still Learning About Lean Manufacturing

Posted on 11 Sep 2008 by The Manufacturer

Fifteen years to the week since stepping into the stormy presence of Nakao Sensei, one of Taiichi Ohno's students, Jon Miller says he is still learning about lean manufacturing...

Here are five things Jon has learnt. 1. People think they have done 5S Most who think they have, have not. And if you can’t do 5S, you can’t do lean. It’s a question of setting rules and following them. It’s not a question of cleanliness, that is only one of the end results of…

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