The Lean Roadmap & The Christopher Columbus School of Business

Many com­pa­nies expect imme­di­ate results when they begin their lean imple­men­ta­tion, when in real­i­ty, lean is a long-term plan. Mr. Masaa­ki Imai explains why using Christo­pher Colum­bus as an example.

• 0:30 — Why lean is a long-term project 
• 1:39 — The two types of pro­duc­tion systems 
• 3:21 — An exam­ple fea­tur­ing Christo­pher Columbus
• 4:13 — The lim­i­ta­tions of a tra­di­tion­al approach