Executive Overview - Building a Lean Enterprise Culture

People and culture are the mortar that builds the House-of-Lean

Experts estimate that 80 percent of becoming a lean enterprise is culture-related Through repeated experiences with manufacturers, we know that Lean transformations are much more readily sustained when the new tools and behaviors implemented are consistent with a new set of beliefs and assumptions.

A successful lean transformation involves much more than moving machines around the shop floor and making some technical changes to reduce waste – it means leverging the best of the people too. The major factor in sustaining a lean transformation is cultural—the policies, practices and language that shape the behaviors of workers at all levels.

Key Advantages include:

Retaining good employees
Maximizing employee potential
Jumping past compliance to ensuring commitment
Identifying the “obstacles” of Lean Implementation
Accelerating sustainable improvements
Develop behaviors to support lean improvements

What you will take away?

Concepts and principals, as well as concrete, practical tools
Lean Culture self-assessment
Overview of process and sequence for change-resistant challenges
The changing roles of leadership
Guidelines for empowering teams

Minnesota Technology Inc. specialists have many years of real-world experience successfully working with many Minnesota companies to implement the complete Lean Enterprise.