Lean in Unionized Environment
Business & Finance, Management & Leadership, Industrial Management, Production & Operations Management
| Author: | Ade Asefeso MCIPS MBA | ISBN: | 1230000301119 |
| Publisher: | AA Global Sourcing Ltd | Publication: | February 17, 2015 |
| Imprint: | https://www.createspace.com/5320959 | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ade Asefeso MCIPS MBA |
| ISBN: | 1230000301119 |
| Publisher: | AA Global Sourcing Ltd |
| Publication: | February 17, 2015 |
| Imprint: | https://www.createspace.com/5320959 |
| Language: | English |
Lean is designed to reduce the seven "deadly forms of waste": defects, overproduction, over processing, wasted motion, inventory (work in process), transport/handling and waiting. Addressing any or all of these can help operations run more efficiently and therefore, be more competitive which is in the long-term best interest of job security. But, in my experience as a former union member and internal change agent and currently as an organizational change consultant, Lean implementation in union environments can be tricky. Here's why.
Lean is designed to reduce the seven "deadly forms of waste": defects, overproduction, over processing, wasted motion, inventory (work in process), transport/handling and waiting. Addressing any or all of these can help operations run more efficiently and therefore, be more competitive which is in the long-term best interest of job security. But, in my experience as a former union member and internal change agent and currently as an organizational change consultant, Lean implementation in union environments can be tricky. Here's why.
