MGT 3501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Lean Manufacturing
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Start with an article and then study to find some way of eliminating the entirely useless parts. This applies to everything a shoe, a dress, a house, a piece of machinery, a railroad, a steamship, an airplane. As we cut out useless parts and simplify necessary ones, we also cut down the cost of making. If necessary, how to make it more efficient. Eliminating what is useless, simplifying what is left . Activities designed to achieve high-volume production using minimal inventory and work. If manufacturing a lot of small volume, customizable products, don"t want to use lean manufacturing. Make sure to do the work that"s only necessary to achieve what we want. Improve the timing of production resources (parts arrive at the next workstation. Just-in-time manufacturing, lean manufacturing, make-to-order manufacturing, pull manufacturing (mean the same, all related) Remove anything that does not add value in the eyes of the customer.
