Organizational Development: The Missing Link In Lean Transformations
In changing from a traditional environment to one of lean production, cultural issues emerge quickly, as well as resistance to change. A managing change program is needed to accompany the effort.
But becoming a lean, world class company requires overcoming organizational inertia. Often overlooked are outdated cultures, ineffective management skills, untrained workers, bureaucratic red tape, and traditional pay and reward systems that do not fit.
In a Lean Manufacturing transition, factories, systems, and organizations have to be streamlined. Lines of communications have to be opened. Barriers between departments have to be dismantled, and you must put an end to the "we've always done it that way" argument.
To be successful, employees must be highly involved in assuming new skills and responsibilities.
Critical to moving the organization forward at the shop floor level are six key elements that we shall address here:
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