Lean Production & People

Workers are key to all lean production techniques

All of the methods demand for employees to have high levels of empowerment and involvement so they constantly try to improve how the business works

Need to have “people-centred management”

When businesses introduce methods of lean production they need to:

- Use a management style that is more listening in its approach – need employees to feel that they can come forward with their ideas

- Train all employees

- Increase skill levels of employees so they can do more than one job

- Develop good manager-subordinate relations