New eBook details five widespread reasons for lean training failure, along with three mandatory steps toward success, Think Perform reports

Glen Iris, Victoria -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/01/2015 -- Think Perform, one of the country's leading continuous improvement and lean training consultants, published a brand new eBook. Now available for free on the Think Perform website at www.thinkperform.com.au/, the new eBook titled "Why 90% of Lean Training Does Not Work" identifies five common reasons for disappointment with such training initiatives. In a concise, accessible format, the valuable new eBook shows readers how best to take advantage of what lean training can offer to their own organizations and concludes with a summary of three essential steps toward lean success.

"We're proud to have shown so many companies in Australia how to become leaner and more efficient," Think Perform representative Andrew Henderson said, "But the fact is that many organizations that seek lean training from others never realize the benefits they hope for. Our new eBook points out the usual reasons for this common failing, conveying some of the most important lessons we have learned in our work. We're happy to be able to offer this new publication for free to visitors to our website and confident that many readers will benefit from it."

At least since the dawn of mass production, those striving for improved efficiency have recognized the crucial role played by waste within a given system. Building on an array of related insights that had accumulated throughout the pre-war years, Japanese engineer Taiichi Ohno in the aftermath of World War II laid down the outlines of a new approach to manufacturing that was distinguished by its central focus on reducing waste at every opportunity.

Dubbed the Toyota Production System, the system soon became a model for companies around the world. Categorizing waste, or "muda," into seven distinct groups, the Toyota Production System taught manufacturers and others reliable, effective ways to cut back on overproduction and defective output, reduce the time that workers spend waiting, and otherwise become more efficient and capable.

With interest in this systematic, proven, production approach growing, the 1990s saw it evolving into an even more refined form that was dubbed "lean manufacturing." Since 2011, Think Perform has been the source of Lean training in Perth companies have worked with and benefited from more than any other, teaching organizations of many different kinds how to adopt the transformative principles that make the lean approach so potent.

The company's newly published, free eBook will be of great interest and value to anyone seeking to leverage the power of lean processes and cultural norms. It reflects a number of important lessons learned in the course of Think Perform's highly successful training activities, laying out in clear, actionable terms why so many competitors fail to provide useful lean training. Think Perform also offers a number of other valuable services to companies in the area, including the most consistently rewarding Continuous improvement training course in Perth, all of which are described in full at the company's website.

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With hands-on lean and continuous improvement training programs that produce real gains in efficiency and effectiveness, Think Perform helps companies all across Australia become more competitive and better positioned to grow.

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With 5S attracting more attention than ever, new guide provides a solid grounding in the subject, points out common reasons for disappointment, Think Perform reports

Melbourne, VIC -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/17/2015 -- Think Perform, one of Australia's leading operational efficiency consultancies, published at the company's website a new guide to the 5S continuous improvement model. Highlighting how the battle-tested organizational approach can help companies in Australia and elsewhere reduce waste, improve efficiency, and better their bottom lines, the new guide will be valuable reading for anyone concerned with such issues. A member of The Leadership and Performance Group, Think Perform deploys a systematic but flexible process to help clients identify ways of improving operational efficiency and reducing waste.

"In the ruthlessly competitive business world of today, being lean and efficient is a prerequisite for success," Think Perform representative Andrew Henderson said, "One of the most talked-about means of achieving this is the 5S organizational approach that came out of Japan. What is 5s methodology, on the other hand, is something that many have a hard time pinning down. Our new introduction to the subject will clear things up and put the proven value of this system on plain display."

Fighting to rebuild a nation shattered by the forces of war, Japanese industrialists in the 1960s developed a number of essentially novel approaches to manufacturing. As Japanese companies in a range of industries increasingly challenged the dominance of mighty American manufacturers, worldwide interest in their findings grew.

One of the most productive of these approaches has since become known as "5S," a reflection of how the names for the five aspects of the organizational strategy are written in romanized Japanese and have conventionally been translated into English. Describing a method of work-space organization that has since been successfully applied in fields ranging from heavy industry to health care, 5S has become a subject of even greater recent interest, as companies around the world have signed on with the continuous improvement movement.

The new Think Perform guide to 5S will help readers understand what the approach consists of and what benefits it can deliver. As a leader in the field of continuous improvement, Think Perform regularly shows clients how to deploy tools like 5S without disrupting existing processes that work, a hallmark of that approach to boosting efficiency and cutting waste.

With some of those who have tried independently to leverage 5S failing to derive much benefit from their efforts, the new Think Perform guide will make for enlightening reading. Organizations interested in how Think Perform can help with 5S or the identification of other continuous improvement opportunities can sign up for a free consultation at the company's website, where the new guide to 5S is also now available.

About Think Perform
Helping client-company employees at all levels contribute to sustainable, business-enhancing efficiency boosts and waste reduction, Think Perform is a leading authority on continuous improvement and lean processes.

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