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Tuesday, January 21, 2003
• It's About Delivering Value, Stupid... -- Another great post (on January 17; scroll down to it if it's not at the top of the linked archive) by Joe Ely in his Learning About Lean blog. Too often, "leanies" get so hung up in the trees of "driving out waste" that they forget that it's what comes out in the end that the customer gets.
"In mundane, ordinary enterprises (school books, child care), folks are stepping back and asking "What does the end user really need? Can I provide it?" They both got very creative and tried some things. Outside the "normal" expectations for either. And, having defined value for the end user, both were far more able to see what activities did NOT add value...and these are opportunities to stop doing something and remove waste.
Think broadly about value."
Value first. (Throughput)
Then waste. (Operating Expense and Investment)
But be careful not to let waste efforts cut into, compromise, or block the ability to deliver true value.
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