Lean does not always work. The reasons are manifold, but the common denominator is often in the identification of the root business problems the company is trying to solve. Prof Daniel Jones and David Brunt of the Lean Enterprise Academy often ask, therefore, “What is your problem?”
We are often asked to evaluate how lean an organisation is. To analyse how far it has progressed down its lean journey and what its next steps should be. An obvious place to start is to take a walk through its core activities to see what they have actually done. This quickly reveals whether they…
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