PRINCIPLES OF LEAN

Some principles that are shared by the lean method

include:
• Pull processing
A pull system, however, pulls a customer's order from the
shipping department, which then prompts new items to be
manufactured and signals that additional supplies need to be
purchased. It can help businesses to control the flow of
materials in a production system.
• Perfect first-time quality
The next lean manufacturing principle requires companies to
seek perfection from the first time. Seeking perfection requires
companies to continuously improve their practices and their
improvement, reduce waste.
• Flexibility
• Building and maintaining a long-term relationship with
suppliers
• Automation
To Maximize usable workspace, eliminate overproduction and
underproduction, eliminate errors caused by the labor.
• Load leveling
• Production flow and visual control:
Efficient product flow requires items to move from production
to shipping without interruption and Every factor, from people
and equipment to materials and shipping, must be considered
to ensure products seamlessly move through the production
process.
The goals for both approaches are the same, but the means to achieve it are
slightly different. In the Toyota Way, improving workflow is the goal, but in so doing
waste is also eliminated naturally. Proponents of this process state it takes a
system-wide perspective as opposed to one solely on waste removal.

Principles of Lean
Some principles that are shared by method of lean include:

 Pull processing
 Perfect first-time quality
 Waste minimization
 Continuous improvement
 Flexibility
 Building and maintaining a long-term relationship with suppliers (learn more
about vendor management)
 Automation
 Load leveling
 Production flow and visual control
But Toyota maintains that lean’s main thrust is not the tools, but the reduction of
three types of waste: non-value-adding work, in Japanese called muda;
overburden, muri; and unevenness, mura.
It is through these means that lean helps productivity. It simplifies operational
structure to understand, perform and manage the work environment. To do all this
at the same time, Toyota applies a mentoring methodology called Senpai and
Kohai, which translates to senior and junior. This fosters lean thinking throughout
an organizational structure from the group up.