Mean lean, I meant "mean lean".
Following my anti-lean manifesto from last september, I attach a book reference for fighting the case against myself. Enjoy it!
One Best Way? Trajectories and Industrial Models of the World’s Automobile Producers
Mean Manufacturing
Yes, mean not lean! (it’s not a typo).
I was checking some definitions of “lean manufacturing“, and I’ve found out one that I really like (the one were the link takes you). Why do I like it so much?. Well, it stresses out the different views on production and the associated risks (i.e. engineer uses not the most efficient way but the safest one…, for him!).
It’s not a bad strategy though, it’s a conservative one. Has the engineer taken into account if the risk is possible, or probable?. Can we account for it?. Can we introduce it into the analysis?.
However, don’t blame the engineer!. Have you seen those cowboy consultants taking lean to an extreme?. Ask the engineer!, he’ll tell you!.
Thanks.
PS. Based on a fictional story. ; )
