Lean Manufacture

Lean manufacturing or lean production, often simply ‘lean’, is a systematic method for waste minimization (‘Muda’) within a manufacturing system without sacrificing productivity.

In many industries, such as electronics and automobiles, successful companies have implemented some form of lean manufacturing. Symptoms that a company may need to implement lean manufacturing include:

* Excess inventories

* Long lead times

* High levels of scrap and rework

* Excessive motion and waiting by workers

* Lack of standardization in work tasks or procedures

The main purpose of lean manufacturing is to reduce the amount of time and resources necessary to produce high-quality goods and services while maximizing customer satisfaction. In most cases, implementing lean techniques results in faster production times, reduced operating costs, and increased profits.