Comments on: The Lean Office - Learning to see information with Data Flow Diagrams http://manufacturingtimes.co.uk/2009/03/14/the-lean-office-learning-to-see-information/ For people who are passionate about making things better... Sat, 19 May 2012 18:41:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Mike http://manufacturingtimes.co.uk/2009/03/14/the-lean-office-learning-to-see-information/#comment-45 Mike Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:06:00 +0000 http://manufacturingtimes.co.uk/2009/03/14/the-lean-office-learning-to-see-information/#comment-45 Having worked with several companies on understanding their information-based processes I agree with your comments. I have found that when moving a customer from a paper based process to a paperless process was problematic due to the loss of that tangible paper. In some cases I even put in breakpoints to allow process contributors to observe the data even though there was no process advantage. In most cases, I would be able to take out the un-needed step once the people were comfortable with the process. I will add this site to www.ProudlyMadeInAmerica.com as blogs to follow. Having worked with several companies on understanding their information-based processes I agree with your comments. I have found that when moving a customer from a paper based process to a paperless process was problematic due to the loss of that tangible paper. In some cases I even put in breakpoints to allow process contributors to observe the data even though there was no process advantage. In most cases, I would be able to take out the un-needed step once the people were comfortable with the process.

I will add this site to www.ProudlyMadeInAmerica.com as blogs to follow.

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