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“The first visible effect of converting from departments and batches to product teams and flow is that the time required to go from concept…

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“By contrast, work in an organization where value is made to flow continuously also creates the conditions for psychological flow. Every employee has immediate…

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“The most important task in specifying value, once the product is defined, is to determine a target cost based on the amount of resources…

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“How can performance be improved? Sweat and longer hours are not the answer but will be employed if no one knows how to work…

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“This approach seems completely backward to traditional managers who have been told all their lives that competitive advantage in manufacture is obtained from automating,…

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“What is the muda-free cost of this product, once unnecessary steps are removed and value is made to flow? This becomes the target cost…

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“started with marketing, which commissioned surveys comparing Wiremold’s products with the offerings of competitors. When an “opportunity” was identified, usually a gap in the…

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“Our initial objective in creating a value stream “map” identifying every action required to design, order, and make a specific product is to sort…

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