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Investing time in Lean’s five steps will pay dividends for your business

Kieran Comerford, head of economic development and enterprise in Carlow County Council’s Local Enterprise Office, talks about the core of Lean and how it asks big and small questions

Kieran Comerford, head of economic development and enterprise in Carlow County Council’s Local Enterprise Office: ‘The Lean model focuses on finding improvements across the whole business to help further optimise how they deliver goods and services.’ Picture: Finbarr O’Rourke

“In our experience, when businesses incorporate Lean into their organisation, the entire goal is to reduce as much waste as possible and maximise value,” said Kieran Comerford, head of economic development & enterprise in Carlow County Council’s Local Enterprise Office.

“To do this, the Lean model focuses on finding improvements across the whole business to help further optimise how they deliver goods and services.”

Comerford acknowledged that while the model has its origins in manufacturing, ...