Real Lean Vs. Fake Lean

If you manage by always trying to drive waste out you will never have to resort to laying off people.  Most companies ramp up their business by adding people, well guess what happens when they ramp down they layoff people.  Look at Applied Materials classic case.  The ultimate goal of "Real Lean" is to create an organization were the main driving force is to do more with less.  Buying and expensive machine or computer system is always the easy but expensive way out.