Is lean for you? Scoring its potential value for your business

摘要

Lean manufacturing techniques originated at Toyota Motor Corp. in the 1960s, although arguably the roots can be traced to Henry Ford's assembly lines from 50 years earlier. The Toyota Production System (TPS) has as its objective the elimination of all waste, be it wasted time, material, space, or money. By the early 1990s, the term "lean" was being applied to the collection of tools and techniques created by the TPS and its apostles.