Lean Management
Industrial excellence
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Lean Management
Industrial excellence

Author : José GRAMDI

Publication date: January 10, 2013 | Lire en français

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7. Lean Management

7.1 Origins

Lean Management originated in the research work of James Womack and Daniel Jones of MIT (Massachussets Institute of Technology). The term "Lean" and the main principles of the approach were unveiled to the public in 1996 in their reference book "Lean System" .

Womack and Jones formalized their approach on the basis of the "just-in-time" system imagined and developed by Toyota engineers, in particular Taiichi Ohno...

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