1. Lean Project Management Principles
What is lean?
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2. Origins of Lean The Toyota Production System by Taiichi Ohno
Various titles by Shigeo Shingo
The Machine that Changed the World
by Womack and Jones

3. Principles of Lean Identify value Map the Value Stream Create Flow
Establish Pull
Seek Perfection

4. Seven Sources of Waste The process Methods Movement Product defects
Waiting time
Over-production
Inventory

5. Examples of these wastes in your office
The process
Methods
Movement
Product defects
Waiting time
Over-production
Inventory

6. Characteristics of Lean Environments
Flow manufacturing
Process flexibility
Total quality management
Total productive maintenance

7. Characteristics of Lean Environments
Uninterrupted flow
Continuous process improvement
Supplier partnerships
Total employee involvement

8. Importance of Lean
Lean is not primarily an inventory reduction program. Its primary purpose is to focus attention on problems.

9. Deming on Lean Out of the Crisis
The great advantage of the [Lean] system is the discipline behind it - processes in control; quality, quantity, and regularity predictable.
Out of the Crisis

10. 5S’s Sort:Organization (Seiri) Set in order: Orderliness (Seiton)
Shine: Cleanliness (Shitsuke)
Standardized Cleanup (Seiso)
Sustain: Discipline (Seiketsu)

11. Five S
Sort
Set in Order
Shine
Standardize
Sustain
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12. Set in Order A place for everything and everything in its place.
Tool cutouts
Taped outline on floor or bench

13. Set in Order A place for everything and everything in its place.
Tool cutouts
Taped outline on floor or bench

14. Shine Keep everything clean and swept
System maintenance and inspection
Problems (e.g., oil leaks) are more easily spotted when the workplace is in order

15. Standardize
Standardize ensures that your progress in 3S implementation is not wasted.
Procedures, schedules, practices

16. Sustain Deming’s point number 1: Constancy of purpose
The leadership of supply is responsible for sustaining the process.
MBWA

17. Sources of Service Wastes
The process
Methods
Movement
Product defects
Waiting time
Over-production
Inventory

18. Advantages of Setup Reduction
Reduced EOQ
Reduced queue & mfg. Lead time
Reduced WIP
Improved quality
Improved process and material flow
How does these related to product development / PM?

19. Reference
Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System, Steven J. Spear, Kent Bowen, Harvard Business Review, September, 1999.