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Lean is a way of thinking about creating needed value with fewer resources and less waste. And lean is a practice consisting of continuous experimentation to achieve perfect value with zero waste. Lean thinking and practice occur together.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Lean thinking always starts with the customer. <\/strong>What does the customer value? Or, stated differently and in a way that invites concrete action, what problem does the customer need to solve?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lean practice begins with the work \u2014 the actions that directly and indirectly create value for the customer \u2014 and the people doing that work. Through ongoing experimentation, workers and managers learn by innovating in their work \u2014 be it physical or knowledge work \u2014 for increasingly better quality and flow, less time and effort, and lower cost. Therefore, an organization characterized by lean practice is highly adaptive to its ever-changing environment when compared to its peers because of the systematic and continuous learning engendered by lean thinking and practice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lean enterprise is organized to keep understanding the customer and their context, i.e., specifying value and looking for better ways to provide it: <\/p>\n\n\n\n