Fault, Flaw, and now Fizzy
June 28th, 2005 by HalOne key objective of lean is reducing waste. Doing so requires paying attention to surroundings and assessing something as waste. There's nothing like an everyday example to show the behaviors that we need to work lean. Joe Ely's unbuttoned view of the world is just what we need for becoming lean. He sees one lean example after another in his everyday interactions.
Joe's latest posting Fizzy Coke at "Learning about Lean" warns of passing along faults or flaws. He uses a rather common experience (told in an uncommon way) to show both the desired behavior and the thinking behind that behavior. As usual for Joe, he's provided an accessible example for learning about lean. Read Joe's examples and begin developing and sharing your own.
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