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II LEAN PERFORMANCE PLANNING MODULES The two objectives of Lean Performance planning are: 1. Develop a plan for the Lean Performance project based on your firm’s need, opportunity, and capability to develop unique com- pany attributes. 2. Understand how planning can be useful to integrate lean processes throughout the transition to Lean Performance management. Planning for Lean Performance differs from traditional corporate planning. Initial project plans cannot be based on past experience with lean trans- formation, because there is none. Experience in lean thinking must be acquired before a valid planning process can be undertaken. Lean thinking runs counter to the basic assumptions of mass production, upon which current manufacturing planning practices are based, so most non-lean firms are not in the lean thinking mindset, and even lean firms, as we discussed above, are generally not lean in the management decision and information/support processes. A Lean Performance project plan must be designed and implemented based on the unique lean-vision-driven con- figuration of a firm’s organization, processes, technology, and culture. The plan must be derived from the foundational premise that all of these will change before the project is completed. Planning is necessary to facilitate the impact of changes in essential processes. Previous organizational planning did not require these considerations, because no significant Copyright © 2002 Performance Improvement Consulting, Inc. 100 Lean Performance ERP Project Management process changes were assumed while planning organizational struc