{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Lean Enterprise Institute","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.lean.org","author_name":"devteam","author_url":"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/the-lean-post\/articles\/author\/devteam\/","title":"Labor Linearity - Lean Enterprise Institute","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"XG2gQjKvcN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/lexicon-terms\/labor-linearity\/\">Labor Linearity<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/lexicon-terms\/labor-linearity\/embed\/#?secret=XG2gQjKvcN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Labor Linearity&#8221; &#8212; Lean Enterprise Institute\" data-secret=\"XG2gQjKvcN\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","description":"A philosophy for flexibly manning a production process (in particular a cell) so that the number of operators increases or decreases with production volume. In this way, the amount of human effort required per part produced can be very nearly level (linear) as volume changes. Toyota calls this concept a &ldquo;flexible manpower line.&rdquo;"}