Lean Manufacturing and the Emphasis on Continuous Development and Respect for Others

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Executive Summary
Nowadays companies execute their business operations in an invariably changing world where
consumers tend to insist for improved products, advanced quality along with shorter delivery
period. However in order to attain the requirements and demands of these customers, companies
in recent times fundamentally seek for policies, methodologies and philosophies that facilitate
them to amplify their efficiency. In such scenarios, Lean Manufacturing (LM) has been
recognized as one of the most accepted in the past decades. Furthermore, in order to acquire
greater level of willingness and efficiency, productive managers have been emphasizing on the
technical part of Lean and promoting the major principle of LM that is “Respect for People”. The
report has offered comprehensive insights the way contemporary view of lean has been
significantly emphasizing on continuous development and respect for others. In addition to this,
it has analysed lean concept that has been supporting in setting up a justifiable base within the
organizational structure.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Discussion........................................................................................................................................3
Two Pillars of Lean Management................................................................................................3
Barriers to Lean...........................................................................................................................5
Change Implemented for improved organizational performance................................................6
CI potential growth and Six Sigma implementation....................................................................8
‘Respect for People’ principle involved to thriving implementation of Lean...........................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................12
References......................................................................................................................................14

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Introduction
The contemporary perspective of Lean has been deeply transforming the functioning of
organizations. The Lean principles acknowledging continuous improvement, respect for people,
along with a persistent emphasis on offering customer value have been forming teams and
organizations to change the practices that have been directing them for decades. According to
Martínez-Jurado and Moyano-Fuentes (2014), an improved, highly transformative strategy of
functioning tends to necessitate a renovation in leadership. However, in order to attain utmost
productivity, Lean it needs effective Lean management which can not only endorse Lean
philosophies but sincerely manage and further ensure that Lean has been essentially utilized in
order to optimize the whole organizational structure for service delivery. Furthermore, Kurdve et
al. (2014) have stated that proper functioning of Lean management values and standards call for
a shift in approach not only from leaders, managers, supervisors as well as coaches. Lean leaders
must lead smoothly in order to guarantee proper implementation of Lean principles with the
exact goal in mind that is to sustainably capitalize on the delivery of services to the clientele.
Thus, Lean management in the view of Dombrowski and Mielke (2014) is not identified as a set
of distinct techniques, tools or practices. Recently lean has been related more accurately to a
management philosophy, a continuing advance that analytically seeks to develop processes as
well as products in the course of incremental modifications. The aim of the following report is to
evaluate the way contemporary view of lean has been significantly emphasizing on continuous
development and respect for others. Additionally, it will shed light on the way lean concept has
been support in setting up a justifiable base within the organizational structure.
Discussion
Two Pillars of Lean Management