Description
Lean manufacturing is a good way to increase sales, cut costs, make stronger margins and protected the way forward for a business. The problem is that the principles and philosophies of lean manufacturing are geared towards mass production operations and will also be ineffective for smaller job shops, and make-to-order businesses. This text delivers a proven approach for smaller suppliers who wish to successfully cut their lead time and increase profitable growth. This book explains how to: apply the principles of pull, drift and the elimination of waste to each and every area of the company, at each and every stage, from “quotes to cash”; implement a continuous improvement process – whilst sidestepping the typical implementation pitfalls; ease scheduling problems; and make stronger performance and profitability by the usage of practical concepts, process analysis tools and perspective-enhancing techniques.