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Lean services is the application of the lean manufacturing concept to service operations.

It is distinct in that Lean services are not concerned with the making of ‘hard’ products.

Lean manufacturing or lean production, often simply "lean", is a systematic method for the elimination of waste ("Muda") within a manufacturing system.

Lean also takes into account waste created through overburden ("Muri") and waste created through unevenness in work loads ("Mura").

Working from the perspective of the client who consumes a product or service, "value" is any action or process that a customer would be willing to pay for.

Lean enterprise is a practice focused on value creation for the end customer with minimal waste and processes.

The term has historically been associated with lean manufacturing and Six Sigma (or Lean Six Sigma) due to lean principles being popularized by Toyota in the automobile manufacturing industry and subsequently the electronics and internet software industries.

A society is a group of people involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.

Societies are characterized by patterns of relationships (social relations) between individuals who share a distinctive culture and institutions; a given society may be described as the sum total of such relationships among its constituent members.

In the social sciences, a larger society often evinces stratification or dominance patterns in subgroups.

Change management (CM) refers to any approach to transitioning individuals, teams, and organizations using methods intended to re-direct the use of resources, business process, budget allocations, or other modes of operation that significantly reshape a company or organization.

Organizational change management (OCM) considers the full organization and what needs to change.

Organizational change management principles and practices include CM as a tool for change focused solely on the individual.