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terms that shape
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RESOURCES
Lean Terminology
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DOWNLOADABLE HANDBOOKS
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📚 Top 15 Starter Terms
Chosen by animal healthcare technicians as the most useful terms for getting started. Strongly recommended: let your staff decide which terms they want to use.
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📚 60+ Lean Terms for Animal Care
A work-in-progress lexicon applying the full Lean vocabulary to a vivarium setting. Incomplete by design — invite your staff to revise and expand it.
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SPOTLIGHT TERM
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Kanban
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Japanese Origin |
An inventory-control system that "pulls" material only when needed — gauged by consumer demand, available resources, or reorder lead time. Developed at Toyota, modeled on the American supermarket.
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THE IDEA
Replenish only what's needed to fill a shelf when the critical low point is reached.
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THE BENEFIT
Once staff understand how Kanban supports them, they develop seamless material replenishment systems on their own. |
PRO TIP
Many orgs replace Japanese terms with English equivalents - we strongly recommend letting your team choose what works for them.
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MORE RESOURCES
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In-depth reading on Lean principles for animal healthcare. |
Templates, tools and guides from the OpEx AHC Belt programs. |
White, Yellow and Green belt tracks in Operational Excellence. |