We learned about the "Lean principles", how this approach evolved and key elements including Kaizen, just in time guidelines, and how implementation of this mind-set has created efficiencies and productivity in the business world. Reflect back to the lecture and the concepts you learned to answer the following prompts:

• Explain why a Lean approach is so important in creating a strong operation to facilitate meeting/beating the competition.
• Do some outside research and locate another company, other than the ones covered this week, that uses the Toyota Production Model.Provide an overview of the company, including when they implemented this system.
• Describe the obstacles and improvements for your selected company.