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This 3-page paper focuses on the concept of lean management, describes the history and uses some examples of how it is used. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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way for leaders to manage a company. One such way has been dubbed "lean management." In this paper, well examine what, exactly it is, what companies are using it, and
the results of incorporating this particular brand of management. Like many management styles formulated in the United States, lean management got its
start in Japan (Managers-Net, 2008). The basic definition of this style incorporates Japanese and U.S. management principles that target waste, inventory and customer response time reductions (Managers-Net, 2008).
The term came about during the late 1980s, when MIT professor John Krafcik coined the term "lean manufacturing," based on a study of
Toyota Co. of Japan (Managers-Net, 2008). Toyota was chosen because, following World War II, the companys production engineer Taichi Ohno was seeking ways to improve service and reduce waste (Managers-Net,
2008). To do that, Ohno turned to Henry Ford and his book "Today and Tomorrow" -- in which Ford shared his dislike of waste (Managers-Net, 2008). From that, Ohno came
up with a list of seven wastes -- defects, over-production, waiting, transporting, movement, inappropriate processing and inventory (Managers-Net, 2008). Years later,
Krafcik, James Womack and Daniel Jones, who were also involved in the study, came up with an eighth waste -- that of manufacturing products that dont meet customer requirements (Managers-Net,
2008). Some years later, Womack and Jones came out with their book, Lean Thinking, which clarified lean management as a customer-driven
process. Lean means specifying value from the standpoint of the end customer, then identifying steps in the value stream for each product family, while eliminating steps and actions for practices
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