Friday, March 5, 2010

lean manufacturing definition

Lean Manufacturing – A management philosophy focusing on reduction of the seven wastes (over-production, waiting time, transportation, processing, inventory, motion and scrap) in manufactured products. By eliminating waste, quality is improved, and production time and cost are reduced. Lean “tools” include constant process analysis, “pull” production, and mistake-proofing.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

lean manufacturing

Useful information about lean manufacturing, Kaizen and the 5S