Independent ERP and Lean & Operational Excellence Consultants

Here Tom talks about the Guiding Principles of Lean:

1. Specify Value
2. Identify the Value Stream
3. Make Value Flow
4. Create Pull
5. Eliminate Waste

People often concentrate on number 5 – Eliminate Waste and forget to do 1-4. Tom stresses that you need to get your underlying process moving first and perfect it and then eliminate waste, and not the other way round.