Lean strategy and Lean Operations ..

We have heard of Lean Operations and Lean Manufacturing. What is the exact difference between these two terms. 

While Lean Operations talks of generally actions that help to improve value, reduce waste and tools to track value additions and waste reduction, Lean strategy looks at the bigger picture of how value improvement and waste reduction actions can help optimise costs and actions and help align with the organisational objective of product, sectoral and market leadership.

While going through the article Lean Strategy (click here) in HBR March '16, by HBS faculty member David Collis, the distinction is made amply clear. Getting Lean Operations to align with organisational objhectives is pretty tough and requires careful understanding of organisational processes and optimisation efforts.

This is different from the environmental strategy an organisation may adopt. click here