Top ten ways to make money out of lean

By admin • on July 19, 2009

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Here are the top ten ways to make money out of lean, based on a very unscientific and incomplete survey of several sources.

This may be of use to you but I’m more of a Theory Y (or even Z) man myself! Theory Z being

William Ouchi studied management practices in the United States and Japan and developed Theory Z. Theory Z combines elements of both U.S. and Japanese management styles and is sometimes called Japanese Management. It assumes that the best management style involves employees at all levels of the organization. Specific characteristics included in Theory Z are long-term employment, less specialized career paths, informal control, group decision making, and concern for the individual rises above work-related issues. This theory satisfies both lower order and higher order needs.

Looking out for employees’ well being satisfies the lower-level needs. Incorporating group processes in decision making satisfy middle-level needs and encouraging employees to take responsibility for their work and decisions satisfy higher-level needs. Many firms are increasing productivity by placing more emphasis on group decision-making and teams. Firms are also showing more concern for family-related issues like childcare, flexible work schedules, and telecommuting.

So then, here it is:

work in healthcare
live in eastern Europe
work for a large company
provide proof of metric improvement (see point 10)
focus on leadership and culture change
understand lean accounting
aim for middle to upper-middle management level positions
have customer focused supply chain expertise
have distribution and warehousing expertise
keep a weekly diary or log of your lean accomplishments and be prepared to sell your achievements to prospective employers

Originally posted 2008-08-18 09:08:11.

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By Data Governance on September 10th, 2007 at 4:21 pm

The ten items make sense. I think they could be applied across many different program and project managers, not just lean. I could definitely apply all of these to Data Governance. In fact, I remember a talk about this recently at a Data Governance Conference.

By Data Governance on September 10th, 2007 at 11:21 am

By estetik on April 1st, 2008 at 10:32 am

I believe these 10 items are very important to discuss. Especially the healthcare issue is the most important I think.

By estetik on April 1st, 2008 at 5:32 am

I believe these 10 items are very important to discuss. Especially the healthcare issue is the most important I think.

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By prefabrik on October 7th, 2008 at 4:36 pm

Thanks for these 10 items.

By GBG on October 26th, 2008 at 3:31 pm

Very practical Info. Healthcare is always a good look.

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