Lean Enterprise Self-Assessment Tool (LESAT) Version 1.0

Abstract

The LESAT Development Team solicited input from a wide variety of LAI consortium members to determine the set of factors considered most important in transitioning to a lean enterprise. The team determined an overarching organizing structure for the LESAT matrices consisting of three major sections. Section I contains those lean practices pertinent to the lean transformation process, with emphasis on enterprise leadership and change management. Section II contains those lean practices pertinent to the “life cycle processes” of an enterprise, i.e., those processes involved in product realization. Section III contains those lean practices pertinent to the infrastructure support units. It is important to remember that all practices in these three sections are expressed at the enterprise level.