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Nice read on lean adoption not having to mean "layoffs" over on the Worcester Business Journal.
With a $50,000 dollar grant, a multi-million dollar corporation was able to enact and sustain a full Lean makeover - saving an estimated $8.2 million over the past five years.
That's not a terrible investment by any means.
How was it possible?
Only with the "trust and full participation of its employees."
This is why making lean not another coded word for a round of layoffs is so critical. It's success hinges upon employee buy-in.
FLEXcon appears to have done it in a slightly unusual way - they educated their entire work force on lean from the get go. Bringing everyone in up front isn't always practiced, but it certainly seems to have worked here.
With a $50,000 dollar grant, a multi-million dollar corporation was able to enact and sustain a full Lean makeover - saving an estimated $8.2 million over the past five years.
That's not a terrible investment by any means.
How was it possible?
Only with the "trust and full participation of its employees."
This is why making lean not another coded word for a round of layoffs is so critical. It's success hinges upon employee buy-in.
FLEXcon appears to have done it in a slightly unusual way - they educated their entire work force on lean from the get go. Bringing everyone in up front isn't always practiced, but it certainly seems to have worked here.
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