Reminders to help us on our Lean Journey.

1. Lean Reminders
Help for the Lean Journey

2. Created by Tom Curtis 2010
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3. Reminders
Reminders are not to teach the
concepts, but to help us remember
what we have learned before. What
follows are notes to help us in our
Lean Journey. They will help us
reconnect with our prior study and
learning. Review the reminders and
let those that jump out at you bring
action and fruit. Enjoy!
-Tom Curtis 2010

4. Ask Everyone
about their
Responsibility

5. Seek
Flow
Identify
Waste
Write
Standard
Work Audit
Standard
Work
Practice
Hansei

6. Gemba
Walk
Respect
People
Follow
the
Product
Manage
Visually
Stand in
Ohno
Circles

7. Know how
you
Create
ValueEstablish
what
Normal is
Build
Quality
at each
Step Drill to
Root
Cause
Produce
it Right
the First
Time

8. Pull
Product
through
Process
Align
Goals
with
Priority Avoid
Strain in
Activity
Change
over
quickly
All the
Inventory
is not an
Asset

9. Follow
the
Operator
to LearnChange
over
often
Embrace
5’s in
Practice Always
use
5 why’s
Watch the
Machine
run to
Learn

10. Encourage
Surfacing
Problems
Establish
TPM and
Execute
Daily
Realize
JIT is a
Mature
State
Kanban is
a Signal
between
Processes
Cultivate
Kaizen
eyes

11. Seek
Stability
before
Flow
Follow
Standard
Kaizen
Standard
Explain
the Why
Celebrate
wins of
any Size
Mistake-
Proofing
can be
Cheap

12. Reveal &
Remove
Hidden
Factory
SMED
Applies
almost
Anyplace Culture
Counts
Greatly
Always be
Coaching
to Better
Realize
Thinking
must be
Different

13. Seek
Costless
SolutionsEnsure
Enough
Training
Cycles
Share
Successes
Sideways Share up
the Chain
of
Authority
Maintain
with
Specific
Controls

14. Expect
Push Back
Do not
Undersell
the
Difficult Share
Plans
with all
Do not
Confuse
Simple
with Easy
Do not
Under
Resource

15. Know when
to
Harvest
Results
Assign
Ownership
through
Standards
Extend
Attempts
Beyond
the Floor Make
Training
Hands-on
Match
Actions
to Words

16. Do not
Over
Promise
Results
Enlist
Sensei
help Execute
Point and
System
Kaizens
Utilize
PDCA
Develop
Skills of
all
Employees

17. Develop Solid
Management
Support