From Lean Management to Green Manufacturing
Made in China has become the most influential and promising manufacturing platform on the stage of the world's manufacturing industry today. In recent years, although there have been many problems in the development of Chinese manufacturing, from the current development trend analysis, Chinese manufacturing is bound to prosper and become the mainstream of the world's manufacturing industry; High efficiency, high quality, high value, good technology, good service, and low cost will become the basic impression of Made in China to the world. Some countries in the world have questioned and even criticized Made in China, but Made in China is facing them honestly. The problems exposed in development are temporary phenomena. I believe that Made in China has the ability to solve these problems, and it will lead the world in manufacturing. I have personally experienced and studied Made in China for eleven years, and I am full of confidence in the future!
Manufacturing is the foundation of economic development and the most fundamental carrier for human creation of social value; Human wealth can not be separated from the creation of this platform. If we lose this platform, any form of wealth will lack a foundation. If we develop in this way, the world economy is like a building built on the beach, and too many foam will inevitably collapse. We must understand that true economic wealth is created. China's manufacturing industry is currently facing comprehensive upgrading and transformation, especially since the reform and opening up more than 30 years ago. China's manufacturing industry has developed rapidly, with a speed that can be called the world's first, and has become a major manufacturing country in the world. Therefore, the transformation of China's manufacturing industry must be a transition from large to strong, starting from a typical production-oriented manufacturing to a service-oriented manufacturing; Looking at development, anything that grows rapidly is not solid, such as a poplar tree that grows quickly but does not become a tree. China's manufacturing industry wants to be a pine tree, so the owners of China's manufacturing industry must change their mindset. They should not blindly grow higher, but should grow lower. This downward growth is rooted deeply in the soil, standing firm and resisting typhoons of level ten or above at any time. Therefore, in order to achieve long-term development, enterprises must overcome and eliminate the mentality and behavior of seeking quick success and instant benefits, and enhance their own capabilities. For Chinese enterprises, this is an absolute challenge. The reason why lean management is pursued by the world's enterprises is that its essence is not to do things for quick success and instant benefits, but to do things according to the development laws of the enterprise itself!
I have been engaged in lean management for many years and have found that the current implementation of lean management in Chinese manufacturing is to adapt to the current development trend of Chinese enterprises. As a developed manufacturing country in the world, Japan experienced rapid growth in manufacturing in the 1950s and 1960s, which effectively promoted the rapid development of the Japanese economy. However, the impact of manufacturing on the natural environment during that era was also enormous. So the Japanese manufacturing industry, represented by Toyota, began to pay attention to the importance of the relationship between manufacturing and the natural environment; Any manufacturing that sacrifices the human environment is unsustainable. Destroying the environment is disrespectful to humanity. Toyota people have realized this, and respecting humanity and putting people first is the core essence of Toyota's business philosophy. From this perspective, the development of the manufacturing industry comes at the cost of sacrificing the environment, which is not in line with the most fundamental needs of human nature and goes against the law. Therefore, the birth of the Toyota Production System is also a process of continuous improvement and innovation, developed around the direction that is beneficial to humanity. In the 1970s, the Toyota Production System emerged in the world and received increasing attention from the world, which led to Toyota's success! The result of this is that while Japan's economy is growing, the more important natural environment has not deteriorated, and Japan has become a country with a good natural environment in the world. This proves that the reason why Japanese companies are accepted by the world for their development is because their management and development are sound, rather than seeking short-term benefits in a short period of time! So many companies have focused too much on the methods of learning Toyota, without paying attention to the essence of its production methods!
The lean management model created by Toyota employees has quickly been recognized by global enterprises, competing to become a benchmark for learning. But many companies only learn some simple methods from Toyota in a one-sided way, with little effect, and the significance of implementing lean management is also limited. Here are six points that I have come up with over the years based on my research on Toyota's production method, including:
1. Lean management from manufacturing technology to research and development design;
2. Emphasize the value-added of the entire process from manufacturing to sales;
3. From tapping into the potential of enterprise talents to establishing a talent cultivation system;
4. The transformation from the control concept of the original enterprise managers to the service concept, as well as the shaping of the overall service awareness and service capabilities of the enterprise;
5. From overall collaboration of the entire industry chain to product upgrading of the entire chain;
6、从破坏环境到不断追求制造与生存环境的和谐，从中找到对人性的尊重原点，形成丰田企业经营理念和企业精神；
我觉得以上六点才是丰田成功的关键所在，这样发展以来所承担的社会责任就不断的在实现，丰田在用高品质的服务于社会，企业对社会的影响不只是限于产品的本身价值，而向全流程增值服务发展延伸，社会也就离不开丰田了。不过近几年来丰田也没有完全按以上六点做，反而因急功近利导致了一系列的致命问题，经反省回归原点，丰田人也开始学丰田了！
从本世纪初我国的政府就提出了节能减排到低碳经济的发展，节能减排对于中国企业来说不是片面的省上几吨水，几度电，这可是一个系统工程，摆在我们面前的世界上发达国家制造业已经做出了我们可借鉴、可学习的好多宝贵做法和经验，丰田就可以做我们的活教材。我们的政府之所以提出从节能减排到低碳经济，是发展所趋，这也是中国企业转型发展的信号。所以真正的推行精益管理，就是从精益管理到绿色制造的过程，因为精益管理其表现形式就是节能减排，低碳环保的企业管理活动，所以只有这样企业才有理由存在于世，中国制造业的发展不是因为丰田这样做才去学丰田来强大自己，其实是通过丰田找到了发展的共鸣，是迟早要走的发展道路，这样我们的中国制造才可持续。在今年的第八届中国制造业管理国际论坛的主题就是：“从制造到创造——转变发展方式，关注增长质量”其主题内涵就是要应对中国企业转型发展现状，引领创建中国绿色制造模式新思维，以此推动中国制造业发展，这也是我本人一直在努力做的核心工作。
从精益管理到绿色制造要经历一个过程，这个过程需要中国制造业不断的接受挑战，不断汲取世界制造业之长，但必须立足自身特点，有些企业在精益管理的推进中走了弯路，这都是中国制造必经的成长过程和必需要付出的代价；我有一次到了日本东京银座大街看到竖起的海尔霓虹灯广告，我不禁很是自豪，这是全日本最昂贵的地方，此举震动了全日本，因此日本企业界开始不敢小视中国制造的力量，我由衷的敬佩一个人，这就是张瑞敏先生，是他率先引领中国企业向世界制造挺进，虽未会面，但我仰慕已久，我相信在张瑞敏的心里，绿色制造一定也是他的梦想；日本银座大街接受的不只是海尔这个产品，应该是多种因素的集成，是企业多年发展积累后形成的能力释放，海尔必将成为世界级企业！因为绿色制造是世界企业成功的标准。从精益管理到绿色制造，让我们共同从这条路出发，以此成就中国企业辉煌发展，让我们从心开始，从我做起吧！
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