Nov 13 2011
Another case of blaming Lean for headcutting
Via Scoop.it – lean manufacturing
This article, called “When Lean Cuts Too Deep” fingers Kellog’s Lean program for weakening the company by cutting too many people. We must remind manufacturing professionals that Lean is a specific approach based on the results of over 60 years of development at Toyota, and cannot be blamed for the failings of any half-baked, hare-brained head-cutting scheme hatched by managers who choose to call it “Lean.”
Via www.manufacturing-executive.com
November 13, 2011 @ 9:53 pm
With all due respect to John Bryant, It’s clear he either doesn’t (didn’t?) “get:” Lean. Hopefully he’s learned a bit more about what Lean really is and won’t repeat his prior mistakes. It pains me to hear stories like this as it’s an example of “LINO,” (Lean In Name Only), not Lean.