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 *Involve and empower employees
 *Continuously improve in the pursuit of perfection.
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Lean manufacturing is a management philosophy focusing on reduction of the seven wastes

Over-production
Waiting time
Transportation
Processing
Inventory
Motion
Scrap in manufactured products or any type of business.
By eliminating waste (muda), quality is improved, production time and costs are reduced.

Key lean manufacturing principles include:

Pull processing: products are pulled from the consumer end, not pushed from the production end
Perfect first-time quality - quest for zero defects, revealing & solving problems at the source
Waste minimization – eliminating all activities that do not add value & safety nets, maximize use of scarce resources (capital, people and land)
Continuous improvement – reducing costs, improving quality, increasing productivity and information sharing
Flexibility – producing different mixes or greater diversity of products quickly, without sacrificing efficiency at lower volumes of production
Building and maintaining a long term relationship with suppliers through collaborative risk sharing, cost sharing and information sharing arrangements.
Lean is basically all about getting the right things, to the right place, at the right time, in the right quantity while minimizing waste and being flexible and open to change.

The seminal book "Lean Thinking" by Womack and Jones, introduced five core concepts:

Specify value in the eyes of the customer
Identify the value stream and eliminate waste
Make value flow at the pull of the customer
Involve and empower employees
Continuously improve in the pursuit of perfection.

[[Category:Strategy]]

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	Lean manufacturing is a management philosophy focusing on reduction of the seven wastes		Lean manufacturing is a management philosophy focusing on reduction of the seven wastes

	Over-production		*Over-production
	Waiting time		*Waiting time
	Transportation		*Transportation
	Processing		*Processing
	Inventory		*Inventory
	Motion		*Motion
	Scrap in manufactured products or any type of business.		*Scrap in manufactured products or any type of business.
	By eliminating waste (muda), quality is improved, production time and costs are reduced.		*By eliminating waste ([[term::muda]]), quality is improved, production time and costs are reduced.

	Key lean manufacturing principles include:		Key lean manufacturing principles include:

	Pull processing: products are pulled from the consumer end, not pushed from the production end		*Pull processing: products are pulled from the consumer end, not pushed from the production end
	Perfect first-time quality - quest for zero defects, revealing & solving problems at the source		*Perfect first-time quality - quest for zero defects, revealing & solving problems at the source
	Waste minimization – eliminating all activities that do not add value & safety nets, maximize use of scarce resources (capital, people and land)		*Waste minimization – eliminating all activities that do not add value & safety nets, maximize use of scarce resources (capital, people and land)
	Continuous improvement – reducing costs, improving quality, increasing productivity and information sharing		*Continuous improvement – reducing costs, improving quality, increasing productivity and information sharing
	Flexibility – producing different mixes or greater diversity of products quickly, without sacrificing efficiency at lower volumes of production		*Flexibility – producing different mixes or greater diversity of products quickly, without sacrificing efficiency at lower volumes of production
	Building and maintaining a long term relationship with suppliers through collaborative risk sharing, cost sharing and information sharing arrangements.		*Building and maintaining a long term relationship with suppliers through collaborative risk sharing, cost sharing and information sharing arrangements.
	Lean is basically all about getting the right things, to the right place, at the right time, in the right quantity while minimizing waste and being flexible and open to change.		*Lean is basically all about getting the right things, to the right place, at the right time, in the right quantity while minimizing waste and being flexible and open to change.

	The seminal book "Lean Thinking" by Womack and Jones, introduced five core concepts:		The seminal book "Lean Thinking" by Womack and Jones, introduced five core concepts:

	Specify value in the eyes of the customer		*Specify value in the eyes of the customer
	Identify the value stream and eliminate waste		*Identify the value stream and eliminate waste
	Make value flow at the pull of the customer		*Make value flow at the pull of the customer
	Involve and empower employees		*Involve and empower employees
	Continuously improve in the pursuit of perfection.		*Continuously improve in the pursuit of perfection.

	[[Category:~~Strategy~~]]		[[Category:Operations]]