The source of lean is: the word lean is translated from lean. The expert group of Massachusetts Institute of Technology conducted two *** 10 years' research on Toyota, and concluded that Toyota's production mode occupied less resources, had high efficiency and fast logistics speed, so it was described as lean. When it was translated into China, it was translated into Lean by experts from China Automobile Research Center.

The word "innovation" is very popular and fashionable in today's business circles. Many enterprises regard it as a slogan and even write it into the company's value proposition, but their understanding, understanding and practice are quite different. First of all, it confuses "innovation" with genius and epiphany; Secondly, when it comes to innovation, you will think of the invention and creation of new products; Finally, many people think that innovation is only carried out as a tactic in enterprises, not as a strategic issue of enterprises.

It is recognized by academic circles at home and abroad that the concept of "innovation" comes from the innovation theory of Austrian economist joseph schumpete. In his view, innovation refers to the reorganization of factors of production by entrepreneurs. It includes introducing a new product or providing a new product quality, adopting a new production method, opening up a new market, obtaining a new source of raw materials or semi-finished products and implementing a new form of enterprise organization.