Lean Manufacturing
Read this chapter. It presents the lean 5S approach to workplace organization and safety. It also covers the Kaizen idea of continuous improvement. Kaizen seeks out and identifies waste, inconsistencies, and strain on people and machines. Reflect on your current or previous job. What types of waste occurred, and how would you apply the Kaizen philosophy?
MEAN LEAN
One of the terms applied to a simply cost cutting, job cutting interpretation of Lean is Mean Lean. Often modern manager think they are doing lean without understanding the importance of workers and long term relationships.