Happy Thursday All,
Are you starting to catch on that "Lean" is here to stay? Remember, lean is just the elimination of waste. A lot of times it is just eliminating what is bugging you. Do you get a little confused by it all? Don't we all.
First off, lean can be a lot of fun. Lean is declaring war on any waste you can imagine. Waste can be in the form of a defective cap, over-producing too many shirts on an order, waiting on a slow computer to process, not utilizing the talents of your team members, transporting an order from one office to another by foot, having to much inventory of shirts between processes (my favorite right now), doing a motion not needed such as cc-ing people who don't really need to know, or extra processing by printing an e-mail so you have it in print and electronically saved.
Second, lean is eliminating this waste through an empowered workforce. What does that mean you ask? That means as a leader, it is your job to create an environment where everyone on our teams feel safe taking risk and trying things. Don't make them feel like Dilbert....
Third, keep in mind that each of us have many, many things to improve in our own areas. Not that you can't help others, but finding waste in another department, pointing it out to them, and then thinking you are doing lean things....not quite Dilbert.
Lean is not a bad word, shouldn't be a negative to anyone, and sure as heck doesn't need to be hard or confusing. If you are working on improving ways you do things and eliminating the wastes, you are being lean.
We are all on the same team.......let's declare war on waste!!!!
Chris
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