What lean is not and never will be

Posted on 8 Feb 2010 by The Manufacturer

Jon Miller of Gemba Research says Toyota's production system isn't necessarily Toyota Production System...

Industrial anthropologist, best selling author and eminence grise John Shook wrote a thoughtful column on the recent debate around what lean means and where we need to go next. He concludes that lean has always been about Toyota but now it is time to stop looking so much to Toyota for direction. In light of…

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