I was searching for someone to mention Gemba. The Toyota Manufacturing system is so amazing: its tenets keep somehow following us into the tech industry, reminding us that all of these have been tried and tested in the grind of the shop floor.

I spent a few years at a motorcycle parts manufacturing plant in India, and while I am in software now, I keep seeing how effective the Lean Manufacturing system would be here. We need more of it.

That being said, how would a company like this deal with Gemba if their employees can't drive anything. I can't drive a car or a motorcycle. So how would I be able to join the Gemba walk?