Presented by Catherine Ethier , P. Eng. MSME

C. Ethier was responsible for managing the Quality Management Program andthe Six Sigma Lean Projects at a Fortune 500 company, where she received the Key Contributor Award for performance excellence. Catherine was trained by SHINGIJUTSU on the practical application of the Toyota Production System(TPS). 
Lean Production System (based on TPS- Toyota Production System) is driven by the five lean principles:
Value -- Understanding the value of the work we perform by defining it as something that our customers want to pay for.
Value Chain -- Mapping the process steps that we perform throughout the supply chain by identifying the steps that add value and striving to eliminate those that add waste.
Pull -- Eliminating the primary sources of waste -- overproduction -- by only producing what customers want, when they want it. This means starting production only when the customer "pulls."
Flow -- Removing other major sources of waste -- bloated inventory and waiting -- by ensuring that goods flow continuously through the supply chainand never stop. Kaizen/Continuous Improvement -- Striving for the total elimination of waste through a succession of small, action-oriented (kaizen) events within the production process

A youtube link:

http://www.youtube.com/user/CathEthier?feature=mhum#p/u/0/Qobl9jODtnk