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3. Lean Management spirit
3.1 Lead-time target
As we have just seen, lead-time is particularly crucial to performance and competitiveness. However, this indicator is not a priority for companies, many of whom are unable to provide a reliable indication of the physical lead-time of their products.
This situation is partly explained by the "Scientific Organization of Work" (SOW) culture we inherited, whose aim is to maximize local efficiencies. As a result, we end up with resources with high instantaneous yields, but unfortunately with long queues. This focus on local efficiency leads to a number of postures and management rules which have the effect of considerably increasing lead-time:
oversizing of material stocks, so that a resource is...
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Bibliography
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• eVSM – Electronic Value Stream Mapping http://www.esvm.com
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• Muda, le jeu du Lean – Publisher CIPE http://www.cipe.fr
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Standards and norms
- Quality management systems – Basic principles and vocabulary - NF EN ISO 9000 - Octobre 2005
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