Quote by James P. Womack Download Open image ““We labeled this new way lean production because it does more and more with less and less.”” — James P. Womack ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Lean is about the total elimination of waste and showing respect for people.” — Mark Graban Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Lean thinking presumes that everything can be improved continuously, without end. If” — Paul A. Akers Copy Share Image
“Making the process better, easier, and cheaper is an important aspiration, something we continually work on—but it is not the goal. Making something great… — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
“If we were designed by engineers, as we consumed more, we'd desire less. But our frequent human tragedy is that the more we consume,… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“...there is almost nothing more important we can do for our young than convince them that production is more satisfying than consumption.” — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
“We know thinner is not better, more is never enough and success is really an artificial construct to support capitalism and corporations.” — David Carlyle Copy Share Image
“A life without increase, production and multiplication is a wasted one” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“It’s all about balance. Balancing exercise, food, and life. No excesses.” — Helen M. Ryan Copy Share Image
“This is an industry that no longer reflects strategically how to create value in the face of disruptive change.” — Michael Farmer Copy Share Image
“Taiichi Ohno blamed this batch-and-queue mode of thinking on civilization’s first farmers, who he claimed lost the one-thing-at-a-time wisdom of the hunter as they… — James P. Womack Copy Share Image
“In the lean enterprise, Sales and Production Scheduling are core members of the product team, in a position to plan the sales campaign as… — James P. Womack Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Steve Maynard’s solution was to form a team for each product to stick with that product during its entire production life. This team—consisting of… — James P. Womack Copy Share Image
“The first visible effect of converting from departments and batches to product teams and flow is that the time required to go from concept… — James P. Womack Copy Share Image
“By contrast, work in an organization where value is made to flow continuously also creates the conditions for psychological flow. Every employee has immediate… — James P. Womack Copy Share Image
“The most important task in specifying value, once the product is defined, is to determine a target cost based on the amount of resources… — James P. Womack Copy Share Image
“How can performance be improved? Sweat and longer hours are not the answer but will be employed if no one knows how to work… — James P. Womack Copy Share Image
“This approach seems completely backward to traditional managers who have been told all their lives that competitive advantage in manufacture is obtained from automating,… — James P. Womack Copy Share Image
“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… — James P. Womack Copy Share Image
“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… — James P. Womack Copy Share Image
“Our initial objective in creating a value stream “map” identifying every action required to design, order, and make a specific product is to sort… — James P. Womack Copy Share Image