Where lean can be most effective?

As we discussed in our last post, lean has found tremendous success in variety of industries and sectors. Lean is successful in manufacturing industry, lean is successful in offices, lean is successful in military, lean is successful in hospitals. This list simply keeps growing.

All these organizations have achieved their expected results. They have earned more money in the form of profits, they have saved thousands of hours in time and they have achieved long terms organizational health or the organizational stability.

These successful lean followers have found their success because they did not copy from others, because they were honest, because they invested on learning and because they had some control over the needs of the people running the organization.

But out of all these where lean is most effective? In other words, where lean can be applied with least effort for the maximum result?

Is it the manufacturing industry, because lean has originated with a manufacturing focus? Or is it the military as it is the most disciplined? Or can it be something else? What do you think? Take a moment and think for yourself. Where lean is most effective?

OK, got your own answer? Yes I have my own. But let me take you through the thinking behind my answer first.

For lean to be most effective, you should be able to implement lean with the least amount of effort. Do you agree?

So where lean can be implemented with least effort? We will have to put least effort in implementing lean when we have everything in our control. Is this correct? Where do you have everything under your control? Definitely not in where you work, right? Even not to 100% in your family, correct? Then where it is? Give me a second. I will explain. But before that let’s tackle the next question too.

For lean to be most effective, you should be able to get the direct benefits of lean, correct? If you apply lean in your organization, even if it is successful, you will not get the full benefit. Benefit will be divided, and sometimes even the people who didn’t got involved in any which way in your lean efforts will get the benefit. This is same for any place where you apply lean except for one place.

You have a one place, when you apply lean, you have the full control. On the other hand, when you apply lean here, you will have the 100% of the benefit. Yes, you are correct. This is,

Your own life

Welcome to “Lean For Life”. I am going to teach you how to use the power of proven and time tested concepts and techniques of lean in your day to day life to achieve the similar results your organization would want to achieve. That is I am going to show you how to have more money to spend on things you always wanted. I am going to show you how to have more time to relax all while working less. All these by applying the simple and might effective concepts and tools of lean in your own life. Believe me it is the easiest to apply lean in your day to day life. You will get the 100% benefits for your efforts. Do you want to learn more? In the coming days, I will send you few emails almost every day. Look forward to the lean for life.