This document discusses lean thinking and leadership. It covers topics like changing cost perspectives in lean from focusing on costs to customer value. It emphasizes sustaining inequality between customer value and costs. The document presents models for lean thinking alignment with aspects like purpose, process, people and prosperity. It discusses integrating lean with quality management standards. Other topics covered include identifying types of waste, using tools like 5S, standard work and visual management. The document emphasizes leadership aspects such as engaging people, evidence-based decision making and developing a long term philosophy. It presents models for process control and improvement as well as aligning activities through hoshin kanri for business breakthroughs.
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