Top-down success

摘要

When management sponsors Lean practices and accepts input from supervisors, Lean can significantly change profit margins for the better. But leave out the supervisors and Lean becomes just another management initiative that started with promise and sagged under the weight of every day routines and habits.rnLean at its most basic level embraces a deep respect for continuous improvement. Little changes mount up to significant cost savings. Moreover, continuous improvement contributes directly to gains in capacity. Although it is easy to discuss this fundamental concept, it is not as easy to implement in the American framework of management. Many meat processors are relatively small, family run businesses.