Talk:Lean manufacturing/Archives/2012

Metrics and KPIs

Key performance indicators are mentioned in the Lean Leadership section, but do not seem to me to be logical there, although strategy will have KPIs at each level where it is deployed. The statement that Toyota's KPIs are "dislocative" seems like opinion rather than fact. Then there is a lonely section at the end that proposes a section on measurement, but includes only one, OEE. There should be one section called Metrics, Measurement, or Key Performance Indicators. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wilhkar (talk • contribs) 17:28, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

We can do be better than this

"The implication of this for lean implementers is that adequate command of the subject is needed in order to avoid failed implementations." No REALLY? Imagine if unadequate command of the subject would improve things! This is too vague and instead I believe should be substituted with most common pitfalls in implement lean manufacturing. What do you people think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lbertolotti (talk • contribs) 16:54, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

I understand what you're saying—that that sentence is tautological—but the reason it ended up in its current form is out of the frustrated need to state the obvious in a world full of firms where the obvious is painfully ignored. There are so many idiot firms that put a bunch of undertrained people in a room, hand them a bunch of bingo words ("fishbone diagram"! Quick, use it in a sentence!), and pretend that they're implementing lean. It's insulting to the employees, who aren't stupid, but rather only overworked and undertrained and underresourced, who really wish that the implementation from above would either be done right or not be done at all. Not underfunded and half-assed and doomed to failure from the start. That's what that section of the article is about. As for your suggestion of improvements, I heartily support whatever you can do to get some continual improvement up in here. We just need to make sure that that section remains true to life, that is, that a lot of firms are going through half-assed motions and claiming to be implementing. Until that fact changes, this section may need to continue stating the obvious (emperor's new clothes). Thanks for listening. Signed, one who has personally been on a death march (project management) and vows to stand up against insanity when it rears its head! — ¾-10 03:01, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

I think it would be best to make a list of the most common pitfalls, like trying to reduce one type of waste but creating another at the same time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lbertolotti (talk • contribs) 17:11, 21 August 2012 (UTC)