Do We Need to Re-Think How We Think?
In my previous post, I covered the “what” that underlies a “production system” (“production” is not “manufacturing”, but “manufacturing” can be “production”) and emphasized that it is the people and their thinking, the “who”, that makes the system function. Now the challenge is to uncover “how” that thinking, and “what” kind of thinking, can make the production system not just function, but function well. And a well-functioning production system is one that provides value to the customer. The system and…