Discuss challenges in implementing the elements of lean systems
Please select THREE of the FOUR discussion questions (questions 1, 2, 3, or 4) and complete them.
1. Difficulties Implementing Lean Systems. Managers in many firms have been heard to say that lean systems sound great in theory, but are very difficult to implement. Discuss what you believe are some of the challenges in implementing the elements of lean systems.
2. Lean Systems in Services? We have developed the philosophy of lean systems in a manufacturing environment, and have observed the implementation of lean systems also in services environments. Find an example of the implementation of lean systems in a services environment, and describe that situation for us here.
3. Challenges for Suppliers. Discuss the challenges posed by supplier relationships in a lean systems environment.
4. Article About Lean Systems. Search the web for an article about lean systems. Summarize the message of that article for us.
