Everything you need to know about lean production
Maybe you’ve heard about lean manufacturing. What’s lean production exactly about? In one sentence, it’s a a philosophy of production that considers using resources for anything that won’t be of value for the final customer to be wasteful and so to be eliminated. The goal of lean manufacturing is delivering value minimizing the amount of work needed.
There is more than one method to lean consulting. For many it is a collection of practices which assist in decreasing inefficiency. Other companies see it as being a special smoothness of production increasing efficiency. The main goal in these two methods is basically the same but the way of achieving it is somewhat distinct. A different device often utilized is maintenance benchmarking.
What is the origin of lean thinking? Waste reduction can be traced back to Benjamin Franklin who concentrated on reducing waste in work processes. The important breakthrough though was Henry Ford. Ford focused on constructing his assembly plant. And that became the beginning of modern lean production.
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