http://customcable.ca/lean-versus-agile-production/ Toronto, Canada based Manufacturer of Custom Cables Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:45:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://customcable.ca/lean-versus-agile-production/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Karthik Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:22:00 +0000 http://customcable.ca/?p=214#comment-521 Right Nick, It was called Toyota Production System (TPS). That is the biggest gift to mankind....!!! Right Nick, It was called Toyota Production System (TPS). That is the biggest gift to mankind….!!!

]]> http://customcable.ca/lean-versus-agile-production/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Nick Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:10:57 +0000 http://customcable.ca/?p=214#comment-513 While Lean might have been introduced to the West by MIT in 1989, it existed in Japan for much, much longer. It's origins in postwar manufacturing in 1939 mean it is a much more mature (read deeper and richer) culture than agile. And agile adds very little to Lean's core philosophy IMHO. While Lean might have been introduced to the West by MIT in 1989, it existed in Japan for much, much longer. It’s origins in postwar manufacturing in 1939 mean it is a much more mature (read deeper and richer) culture than agile. And agile adds very little to Lean’s core philosophy IMHO.

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