Lean Value Stream: Resource Management

From Robins Air Force Base, Air Force Materiel Command ...

... "By 1950, the Japanese, who greatly admired Henry Ford, established the Toyota Production system that began to eliminate waste from the process. In the 1970s, the Japanese continued to implement American principles by Juran, Deming, Shewhart, and Crosby at Toyota. By 1980s, Americans took notice of the loss of market share of automobiles, shipbuilding, electronics, avionics, office equipment, etc., and embraced Quality. By the late 1980s, Toyota had nearly achieved Lean. Over the years, the Air Force explored various programs such as Zero Defects, Meaningful Measures of Merit, Total Quality Management, and QP4 in an effort to streamline processes and eliminate waste. By 1990, the focus became Lean Principles with the establishment of five principles: Value, Value Stream, Flow, Pull, and Perfection. By 2000, Lean was used in Production, Services and Remanufacturing. With Lean, the customer determined the first principle to be value, based on cost, quality, and delivery. " ...

Robins Air Force Base, home of Warner Robins Air Logistics Center and more than 60 other units that make up a vital part of the Air Force war fighting team. It is the largest industrial complex in Georgia, employing a work force of over 25,584 civilian, contractor, and military members.