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Lean Applications

Although the origins of Lean Management are to be found in manufacturing, the principles, methods and tools are applicable just about anywhere. And that includes in the home!!

Lean in the office and in support functions is an obvious area for warring against waste. One piece flow, Kanban, and elimination of activities not adding value are all 'manufacturing' approaches which are equally applicable to paper or systems-based processes.

In manufacturing, we are processing essentially products. In support and office functions, it is more generally information. But lean management can possibly have its greatest impact :

- in hospitals and medical centres, for example to improve the circulation of outpatients and visitors and the time they spend in the building, but also to improve the problem-solving skills of the staff, for example,

- in local government and administration centres, to reduce queuing time, improve response times in the back office, and generally enhance teamwork between the different services,

- basically, in any form of service centre, whether it be a call centre, a garage servicing your vehicle, and why not even a hairdressers!!

Check out the attached links for more examples in each of these areas, and get in touch with us at contact@leanbusiness.fr to discuss how we can best contribute to 'leaning out' your own activity, whatever its nature.