Well that was a bad decision. Lean makes sense for a lot of companies and in a lot of situations but the supply chain failures over the last few years should make every company re-consider when and where they use systems like Lean. Archive: https://archive.today/UAcz0 From the post: "The recent widespread shutdown at Toyota group’s assembly plants exposed a vulnerability in its hallmark “lean” production system, which minimizes inventory. It took 10 days for Toyota’s domestic production to resume full capacity after an accidental explosion on Oct. 16 at a plant of Chuo Spring Co., one of its suppliers, in Aichi Prefecture. At one point, 13 assembly lines across eight plants stopped operations completely. That’s roughly half of the company’s 28 assembly lines across 14 plants in Japan."