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Lean Management: How to be 50% faster with 80% higher quality (lean.org)
1 point by gibsonf1 on March 31, 2007 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Many of the strategies being used by successful web 2.0 companies were pioneered decades ago by Toyota, now called Lean Management (and Lean Consumption).

Key Principles for Success (50% less effort, 80% higher quality): (From www.lean.org)

+Focus on Customer Value

+Eliminate Waste: Identify all the steps in the value stream eliminating every step and every action and every practice that does not create value.

+Process Flow: Make the remaining value-creating steps occur in a tight and integrated sequence so the product will flow smoothly toward the customer.

+Customer Pull: As flow is introduced, let customers pull value from the next upstream activity

+Pursue Perfection: As these steps lead to greater transparency, enabling managers and teams to eliminate further waste, pursue perfection through continuous improvement.




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