I’ve been hearing about the collision industry going lean. Therefore, I thought that I better check into the lean process to stay up with current trends and to determine what lean means for the collision industry.
I’m still learning about this process, but I believe that we’ve been teaching some of the concepts already. For instance, utilizing employees to produce higher results. This is achieved by teaching team building activities. I’ve always emphasized to work as a team, but it may become more important as many collision repair facilities go lean.
Shops going lean are looking for team players that can work together in a systematic, simplistic, fast paced, working environment. We’ll be discussing what that looks like for a collision repair facility in upcoming blog posts, as I learn more about the process myself.
I don’t thing we can achieve full lean and six sigma status in an educational environment. However, I think it’s important to address many of the principles. We need to produce employees for traditional shops while teaching some of the current trends as well. However, the idea of teamwork is a win/win for everyone. I believe that these skills will work well for traditional and lean working environments.
My favorite acronym for TEAM is this: Together Everyone Accomplishes More. I believe this is one of the key ideas of lean…working together to improve each segment of a business.
Lean and six sigma methods are not new, but incorporating them into a collision repair business are new to me. Check back to explore and discover how these methods fit into the collision repair industry.
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