Comments on: The Seventh Flow http://theleanthinker.com/2007/10/21/the-seventh-flow/ Thoughts and insights from the shop floor. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:58:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mark http://theleanthinker.com/2007/10/21/the-seventh-flow/#comment-105 Mark Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:23:01 +0000 http://theleanthinker.com/2007/10/21/the-seventh-flow/#comment-105 Brian - From what I was taught, the "Seven Flows" all relate to the production process (whether manufacturing or administrative information processing). Design engineering certainly has an impact, and I think it is a major player in this flow. That is because I think design changes are one possible countermeasure that this flow could deliver. However, I do not believe Nakao-san intends "The flow of engineering" to be the design/development process itself. That being said, design engineering *is* a production process, and all of the "seven flows" would apply if I were assessing how efficiently it was being done. In this case, the "flow of engineering" (aka "the flow of problem solving") would assess how well the system responds when a design engineer has a problem of some kind that delays his work or his deliverables. Thanks for commenting! It is nice to know people read this stuff. Brian -
From what I was taught, the “Seven Flows” all relate to the production process (whether manufacturing or administrative information processing).

Design engineering certainly has an impact, and I think it is a major player in this flow. That is because I think design changes are one possible countermeasure that this flow could deliver.

However, I do not believe Nakao-san intends “The flow of engineering” to be the design/development process itself.

That being said, design engineering *is* a production process, and all of the “seven flows” would apply if I were assessing how efficiently it was being done. In this case, the “flow of engineering” (aka “the flow of problem solving”) would assess how well the system responds when a design engineer has a problem of some kind that delays his work or his deliverables.

Thanks for commenting! It is nice to know people read this stuff.

]]> By: Brian Sherwod Jones http://theleanthinker.com/2007/10/21/the-seventh-flow/#comment-102 Brian Sherwod Jones Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:04:58 +0000 http://theleanthinker.com/2007/10/21/the-seventh-flow/#comment-102 I haven't seen anything on the application of lean to design and development, but this would be the flow that matters there? I haven’t seen anything on the application of lean to design and development, but this would be the flow that matters there?

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