The 5 Core Principles

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  The 5 core principles of a Lean Organization were first written about in a book entitled: Lean Thinking by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones.  The 5 core principles are widely accepted as a means implementing and establishing a lean organization.  The 5 core principles have been adapted from the 5 original principles that were defined by Dr. Womack and Daniel T. Jones:​​ 

1. Define Value from the Customer's Perspective - This is where you would specify what creates value from a customer's point of view.  A common way of doing this is by asking "what is my customer willing to pay for?"
2. ​See the Value Stream - Here you identify all of the steps contained within the entire value stream, this can be done many different ways. 
3. Make it flow - The goal here is to make customer value flow through the value stream as efficiently and effectively as possible.  That means creating customer value and eliminating anything that is considered waste.  
4. Make Only what is considered Value. - This principle tells us to only produce what the customer is creating a demand for.  In other words what they are pulling for.  This principle also tells us that along with making only what the customer is pulling for we should make what the customer is pulling for in the correct quantity, just-in-time and in the optimum quality.
5. Get a little better, Pursuit Perfection - Always strive for perfection by continuously improving and removing any type of waste.

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