HR contribution in lean manufacturingHuman resource management is a key area in today’s business. In fact it is the most important of all resources any organization has. Any other resource is not valuable unless there is human resource to make use of it. Lean manufacturing is not an exception. Lean manufacturing has given very high importance to the people. It is the force of people will make lean concepts a reality. In every stage of lean manufacturing human resource has to play a major role. Every manager and department must manage its human resource effectively to make lean dream a reality. So how your human resource department can help you in the path of lean manufacturing? The answer is that human resource department can do many things here. We will have a look at few ways this can be done. Lean means change. Continuous changes will make people unhappy. It will make people tired and frustrated if not managed properly. Ultimately people will start to leave the organization. So human resource department has a big role to play here. They have to help in managing the change in such a way that people will be positive on change. Continuous communication and sharing the objectives of lean with the people and explaining them the needs of change will help in this exercise. HR department can help in conducting training sessions, awareness campaigns among the people. It is very important that people understand what is being done and why it is necessary to do that. One of the most important things that must happen in any lean manufacturing implementation is the awareness of people on the activities taking place around them. In short every person in the organization has a great role to play in lean implementation process. Human resources department in particular has even bigger role to play here. In fact they can make a lean manufacturing implementation a success or a failure. |
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