4. What is your customer willing to pay for?Discovering how LEAN can help you to: Reduce your delivery times and costs Prepare and deploy effective teams Open the lines of communication from the shop floor to the CEO Increase cooperation and participation from all employees Support value-added activities that customers are willing to pay for ... which result in increased customer satisfaction, profits and jobs! Thinking Lean is way to maximize customer value while minimizing waste. Simply, lean means creating more value for customers with less resources. A popular misconception is that lean is suited only for manufacturing. Lean applies in every business and every process. It is not a tactic or a cost reduction program, but a way of thinking and acting.
10. Ability to create and analyze Value Stream MapsTAKE AWAYS A different viewpoint of all business system Ability to look inward with an honest and open eye for continuous improvement New found appreciation for what the customer values Exposure to team building and an avenue to help the processes owners help themselves and start working smarter not harder A keen eye enabling you to see hand-offs and communications enhancements Learning how to celebrate the wins in order to keep them producing future wins!