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How does a lean management system maximize efficiency<\/a> and productivity? What are its limitations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Smarter Faster Better<\/em>, Charles Duhigg explains how a lean management system contributes to productivity. He highlights one aspect of the lean method that he believes rises above the rest. Duhigg also provides a real-world example of the system and lays out its limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more to learn how a lean management system can boost productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

What Is a Lean Management System?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Also known as the Toyota Production System due to its origins in the company of the same name, a lean management system (or lean manufacturing) is a system designed to maximize efficiency and productivity. It\u2019s enabled Toyota to cut costs while keeping quality high. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lean manufacturing is a complex philosophy that\u2019s made up of many important elements. However, Duhigg chooses to highlight one aspect of this ideology that he believes is crucial to productivity: giving the worker closest to a problem the decision-making<\/a> authority to solve it.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This method of decision making<\/a> is based on the idea that the person closest to a given system or machine is likely to have the strongest knowledge of it. Therefore, if something goes wrong, they\u2019re in the best position to fix it. The system utilizes every worker\u2019s expertise, from executives to janitors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Implementing this element of a lean management system has various benefits. For one, it makes day-to-day work more efficient. Workers don\u2019t have to wait around for permission from on high to make their decision. They can get started on fixing issues straight away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crucially, this system also has the benefit of giving every employee a little bit of decision-making power. Every worker is allocated some authority, and thus a little bit of control. As we learned in Chapter 1, feeling in control fuels our motivation\u2014and if we\u2019re motivated, we\u2019re likely to be more productive<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lean method has proved to be so successful that it\u2019s been adapted for other industries. For example, the Agile management<\/a> ideology that\u2019s often used in the software industry is largely based on this system. However, there are some caveats to lean manufacturing\u2019s success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Are the Limitations of the Lean Method?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Implementing lean<\/a> manufacturing isn\u2019t as simple as giving workers the power to make decisions and expecting things to change overnight. Just because workers have this power doesn\u2019t automatically mean they\u2019ll feel comfortable using it. They might be afraid of negative consequences if things go wrong\u2014if they make the wrong decision, or if their \u201cright\u201d decision has unexpected drawbacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a lean management system to truly work, workers need to feel respected and trusted. <\/strong>They need to feel that their employer will have their back regardless of the effects of their decisions. They should feel that managers are committed to helping them improve and learn from their mistakes, rather than just punishing them. They should also be assured that when they make good decisions, they will be recognized and respected for it, and not just ignored. One way to generate this atmosphere of trust and respect is to create a commitment culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example: Transforming the Fremont Car Manufacturing Plant<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the mid-1980s, General Motors and Toyota partnered up to reopen a car plant in Fremont, California. They called their new venture the New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc., or NUMMI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fremont plant had closed two years earlier due to a myriad of issues: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Workers had taken no care in the work they did and had sometimes actively sabotaged the cars.<\/li>
  • Workers had drunk alcohol, taken drugs, and had sex while on the job.<\/li>
  • Productivity was low due to a prevailing attitude of \u201cthe production line never stops.\u201d Even if workers spotted an issue with a car part, they couldn’t fix the problem until the car had reached the end of the production line. This often meant that the car had to be deconstructed to reach the faulty part and then reconstructed again\u2014a time-consuming process.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Toyota planned to revolutionize the plant by introducing a lean management system. However, due to a union agreement, 80% of the reopened plant\u2019s laid-off workers had to be re-employed. This meant Toyota had to introduce lean manufacturing to the misbehaving workers who\u2019d become used to a completely different system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Introducing the Lean Method<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    As a first step, the Fremont plant\u2019s employees were sent to a Toyota plant in Japan for two weeks to witness a lean management system in action. One such employee was Rick Madrid, who\u2019d worked at the Fremont plant back in its pre-NUMMI days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Madrid was shocked by what he saw in the Japanese plant. He witnessed the workers closest to a problem being empowered to make decisions on how to fix it. All workers had the power to stop the production line and fix issues as they spotted them. They simply had to pull on a hanging cord\u2014called an \u201candon cord\u201d\u2014and the line would eventually grind to a halt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Madrid also witnessed respectful collaboration between workers and their managers. If a worker was fixing an issue, they could give orders to their manager and the manager would help them. Such collaboration never would have happened at Fremont in its pre-NUMMI days, when managers had shown no respect to their workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Finally, Madrid noticed that workers at the plant were encouraged to suggest improvements to boost the productivity of the production line. For example, one worker suggested a new tool for installing struts. The next morning, all workers were given a version of the tool. In the past, managers at the Fremont plant had ignored their workers\u2019 suggestions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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