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What is at the center of Lean thinking?
What is at the center of Lean thinking?
- Continuous improvement (correct)
- Personal accountability
- Respect for people
- Lean manufacturing practices
Why did Toyota keep their production facilities open for tours despite the risk of competitors copying their practices?
Why did Toyota keep their production facilities open for tours despite the risk of competitors copying their practices?
- To establish themselves as industry leaders
- They wanted to showcase their advanced manufacturing techniques
- Competitors would copy today’s practices, and Toyota would be already doing things differently tomorrow (correct)
- To attract more customers to their production facilities
What made Lean more than just a project management method?
What made Lean more than just a project management method?
- Lightweight leadership (correct)
- Personal accountability
- Respect for people
- Continuous reflection and retrospection
According to Charles Duhigg, what transformation was brought by Lean practices to a GM production plant in Fremont, CA, in 1982?
According to Charles Duhigg, what transformation was brought by Lean practices to a GM production plant in Fremont, CA, in 1982?
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What did Lean thinking become beyond being a project management method?
What did Lean thinking become beyond being a project management method?
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