Glen Iris, Victoria -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/01/2015 -- Think Perform, one of the country's leading continuous improvement and lean training consultants, published a brand new eBook. Now available for free on the Think Perform website at www.thinkperform.com.au/, the new eBook titled "Why 90% of Lean Training Does Not Work" identifies five common reasons for disappointment with such training initiatives. In a concise, accessible format, the valuable new eBook shows readers how best to take advantage of what lean training can offer to their own organizations and concludes with a summary of three essential steps toward lean success.

"We're proud to have shown so many companies in Australia how to become leaner and more efficient," Think Perform representative Andrew Henderson said, "But the fact is that many organizations that seek lean training from others never realize the benefits they hope for. Our new eBook points out the usual reasons for this common failing, conveying some of the most important lessons we have learned in our work. We're happy to be able to offer this new publication for free to visitors to our website and confident that many readers will benefit from it."

At least since the dawn of mass production, those striving for improved efficiency have recognized the crucial role played by waste within a given system. Building on an array of related insights that had accumulated throughout the pre-war years, Japanese engineer Taiichi Ohno in the aftermath of World War II laid down the outlines of a new approach to manufacturing that was distinguished by its central focus on reducing waste at every opportunity.

Dubbed the Toyota Production System, the system soon became a model for companies around the world. Categorizing waste, or "muda," into seven distinct groups, the Toyota Production System taught manufacturers and others reliable, effective ways to cut back on overproduction and defective output, reduce the time that workers spend waiting, and otherwise become more efficient and capable.

With interest in this systematic, proven, production approach growing, the 1990s saw it evolving into an even more refined form that was dubbed "lean manufacturing." Since 2011, Think Perform has been the source of Lean training in Perth companies have worked with and benefited from more than any other, teaching organizations of many different kinds how to adopt the transformative principles that make the lean approach so potent.

The company's newly published, free eBook will be of great interest and value to anyone seeking to leverage the power of lean processes and cultural norms. It reflects a number of important lessons learned in the course of Think Perform's highly successful training activities, laying out in clear, actionable terms why so many competitors fail to provide useful lean training. Think Perform also offers a number of other valuable services to companies in the area, including the most consistently rewarding Continuous improvement training course in Perth, all of which are described in full at the company's website.

About Think Perform
With hands-on lean and continuous improvement training programs that produce real gains in efficiency and effectiveness, Think Perform helps companies all across Australia become more competitive and better positioned to grow.