…team communications

What really does “continuous improvement” or “lean manufacturing” mean to a group of multi-cultural workers in a manufacturing plant? Often it doesn’t mean much and is difficult to translate across cultures and languages. In some cultures “lean” is associated with something death-like; not the connotation you would like for a transformational manufacturing philosophy and approach.

Today we began the formal communications process of the official Continuous Improvement Program and our goal will be to talk, train, communicate, and then talk, train and communicate more until every person in the company, when asked, will have a solid foundational understanding. Goal: everyone can recite that Continuous Improvement is about creating a culture of respect for the individual and creating a culture where continually improving every thing we do is a simple reality of business life.