This 5 minute video by Bloomberg on the YouTube channel Bloomberg Quicktake gives a great general overview of lean. Starting with the origins of lean in post World War 2 Japan, the video covers how Toyota improved Ford’s manufacturing system to become the best manufacturing system in the world.
Highlights include the Just In Time concept, fixing mistakes and preventing them from being passed on, and how the Toyota Production System has changed the world.
-Tyson
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