6.9 Summary

In this lesson the background of Lean principles are basically introduced and discussed:

  • Origins of Lean in flow and mass production, and in standardization
  • Value, value stream, value stream mapping
  • Mura, Muri, Muda
  • Constancy of Purpose
  • Respect for People
  • Continuous improvement, Kaizen
  • Proactive behaviour
  • Quality at the source
  • Systems thinking
  • Flow, Just In Time
  • Gemba
  • 5S
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • PDCA
  • A3 thinking
  • Autonomation, jidoka
  • Lean improvement cycle