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LEAN MANUFACTURING IntrodutionFor a company to be a success, according to the book “In Search of Excellence”, it must have the following three attributes:
Lean Manufacturing has been identified as an integrated approach to production, utilising existing materials, facilities and labour as efficiently as possible, eliminating waste, unevenness and overburden. In this chapter we will provide basic lean manufacturing history, principles and keywords. Lean manufacturing give priority to the simple, small, continuous improvement, rather than big innovations. Of cause there is enough room to absorb big advancements in the system. But the priority is set for the continuous improvement. These improvements might be very simple as adjusting the height of a seat or changing the position of the tools which you use frequently. Every simple improvement will improve the system as whole. Therefore final objective is one more step closer as an organization. Lean manufacturing is the way to never ending continuous improvement. This is also known as the Kaizen in lean manufacturing. Figure 4.1 describes the key implications of Lean Manufacturing. |
Figure 1: Key implications of Lean Manufacturing
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