Teams lean approach

To make value stream mapping as smooth as possible, have your team prep itself by reading up on the basic principles of Lean—an approach that increases the speed, efficiency, and value of operations while reducing waste in both product and service environments. 

In the last chapter, one of the lean tools recommended for the building of world-class safety was teams. A formal team-based structure that distributes responsibility for safety process ownership is a great approach. Safety team membership requirements can be based on desire or interest rather than title. It can be cross functional because the team can and should be staffed from all areas and all levels of the organization. Let s start by identifying some of the key positions that would have to be filled on any safety team. 

Safety professionals, team leaders, and concerned workers today scramble to find the "best" safety approach for their workplace. Typically, whatever offers the cheapest "quick fix" sells. TTiis is not surprising, given the "lean and mean" atmosphere of the Hmes. Programs that offer the most benefit with least effort sound best, but will they really work to improve safety over the long term ... 

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