Lean management practices and tools are made up of lean management processes that allows execution and evaluations. This sets excellence as a goal with waste becoming negligible in the process.
The lean principles are actually parts of the lean management processes being interlinked. Each is a process in itself. These follow a definite sequence or flow. What makes the implementation uncomplicated is a five-step course:
Indicate the value from the perspective of the customer. Generally, the issue at hand are the quality and the lower price. This is very viable assuming that the waste will be negligible. It sure looks easy, yet it is the biggest challenge in lean management.
Map the identified Value Stream(VS) following their identification. Mapping allows the highlighting of those that are really important which are referred to as added value. Such is equivalent to the profits and assets of the business. Those that push down the company are the waste or non-value that need to be eliminated.
Make the value and processes flow. The flow intends to make the products and consumermeet. The steps need to be tight so as not to waste anything. The tighter it is, the less waste and the faster will be the addressing of customer needs.
A process that is tight and with a good flow will create the pull demand from customers. Excellent products will create a demand. Let the demand be pulled by the customers. Avoid mass production in order to have more access to cash. Manufacture only what is pulled by the customer.
Continue with self-improvement in quest of perfection. When values are identified, value streams are delineated, demand pulls are created and met, the process will still go on and on in a cyclic manner. Flaws must be eliminated until all non-values or waste is eliminated.
Mental approach and simplicity define lean management processes. It is appropriate for use of both small and big companies and no cost is required. Lean management processes take you to an expedition of continuous development.
