Define Value
Map Value Stream
Create Flow
Establish Pull
Pursuit Perfection
LEAN/GREEN
Consultant
As a qualified Management and Cost accountant with 25 years experience I am uniquely qualified to advise on the implementation of LEAN/Green principles in your organisation.
What is
LEAN?
“Lean philosophy” and its principles originated in the manufacturing world (Womack
and Jones, 1996; Hines et al., 2004) after the end of the Second World War, as a
result of customers’ needs evolving towards higher value in combination with
companies’ increasingly diverse offer. This significant redirection of production
systems towards customer value is summarized in the “five principles of lean”
described below (Womack and Jones, 1996):
Value is created when internal waste decreases and so costs are reduced and is increased by offering new services and/or functions valued by the customer.
The concept of value stream must not hide behind a wall of obscurity. The costs of every firm must be transparent to all supply chain partners.
The principle of creating flow has the aim of avoiding any stoppage in the value stream by preventing the main causes of such stoppages (i.e. changes in production, breakdowns, incorrect batches in terms of quantity or timing, lack of necessary information and re-entrant loops).
This principle implies high
responsiveness while producing the highest quality products in an efficient and valuable way. The production pull is extended uphill to the suppliers and the whole
upstream supply chain.
by continuously identifying and eliminating waste.
Lean can be defined as a customer and value-centric approach to creating a flow of activities that continuously generate customer value by eliminating non-value-adding activities or “waste”
LEAN Business
Supports
Enterprise Ireland offer SMEs a range of supports with regards to the implementation of LEAN principles in manufacturing and internationally traded services sectors. For more information visit
https://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Productivity/Lean-Business-Offer/#LeanStart