This figure was originally produced in April 2023 as a contribution to a blog article for the VSM Consortium.
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Blog post authored by Steve Pereira.
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“Our own Patrice Corbard illustrated this investment strategy in further detail to show the effect over time.”
- Gray zone (unknown) before Making Waste Visible and Making Work Visible,
- The decision to invest (low investment) and trigger the improvement loop,
- Incremental improvements that aim to eliminate waste and free both improvement and innovation time.
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Picture by stefan moertl on Unsplash
