Lean Production eliminates waste in the long term (MUDA) processes within and across the entire value chain and provides a flat (lean) hierarchy within the organizational structure. LEAN will be successful through thedaily application of LEAN principles and the shift from a "reactive" to a "proactive" approach, coupled with the change in behavior of employees and managers from "being a victim and blame someone else" to "being an owner"!

Also Womack / Jones / Roos described more than a pure production system. Lean management is an approach to running an organization that supports the concept of continuous improvement, a long-term approach to work that systematically seeks to achieve small, incremental changes in processes in order to improve efficiency and quality.

Lean management seeks to eliminate any waste of time, effort or money by identifying each step in a business process and then revising or cutting out steps that do not create value. The philosophy has its roots in manufacturing.