Benefits Quote by Eric Ries

Lean thinking defines value as providing benefit to the customer; anything else is waste.

— Eric Ries

“we concluded that lean thinking can be summarized in five principles: precisely specify value by specific product, identify the value stream for each product,…

— James P. Womack

“Waste is any human activity which absorbs resources but creates no value. — James P. Womak and Daniel T. Jones, Lean Thinking (Free Press)”

— Ash Maurya

“So, how do you make value flow? The first step, once value is defined and the entire value stream is identified, is to focus…

— James P. Womack

“The production philosophy pioneered by Toyota calls for a focus on those activities that create value for the customer and the systematic eradication of…

— Brad Stone

“let’s just reemphasize the critical leap in embracing value stream thinking: Stop looking at aggregated activities and isolated machines—the smelter, the rolling mill, the…

— James P. Womack

“It’s vital that producers accept the challenge of redefinition, because this is often the key to finding more customers, and the ability to find…

— James P. Womack

The ever-mounting glut of waste materials is characteristic by-product of modern consumer society. It might even be argued that capitalism's continual need to find…

— Stuart Ewen

The greatest wastes are unused talents and untried ideas.

— Anonymous

I continue to be a believer in a standard-based industry, where your lean cost structure is a huge advantage.

— Rajeev Suri

“Toyota Production System—which in the United States would become known as “lean manufacturing”—relied on pushing decision making to the lowest possible level. Workers on…

— Charles Duhigg

Business has a way of talking about how to create value, which is in some way isn't bad... We just need to start thinking…

— Peter Senge