Create discussion threads adding your comments and questions about lean production and lean management, or responding to any of the following:
What do you think is the most significant difference between the conventional mental model and the lean mental model?
Compare the lean improvement process on page 30 to the five Lean Principles of Womack & Jones. How are they similar, and how do they differ?
Does the house of lean production make sense to you? What do you think is accomplished by using the analogy or image of a house?
Why would a sensei (teacher) say "no problem [on a production line] is a big problem”?