The Center for Lean
Lean has been described as a method for identifying and reducing waste in an organization or business. Typical types of waste include:
- Production of defects
- Overproduction ahead of demand
- Unnecessary transport of materials
- Waiting for the next process
- Inventories or excess materials and information
- Unnecessary movement by employees
- Over-processing
Can you think of any processes from your business or organization that need improvements? How many times have you waited a turn at the copy machine or printer? How many trips have you taken to talk to a colleague and found they were not there or available? How many copies, either electronic or paper, do you manage for documents in which you are responsible? When you start to analyze these processes you are beginning to think in terms of Lean.
The Center for Lean helps business and organizations learn new ways to streamline processes, eliminate waste and GROW.
 "Before we brought in Lean training, there was too much delegation and not enough ongoing process improvements. Basically, we had lost our edge. The biggest culture shift has been with our supervisors. Before Lean, they were firefighters. Now, they spend a minimum of 50% of their time on continuous improvement. We definitely have gotten our edge back. We estimate a $600,000 savings compared to the year before Lean was implemented."
Patrick Busch
Chief Operating Officer
Len Busch Roses
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