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.
To
solve the problem of waste, LEAN Manufacturing has several "tools" at
its disposal. These include constant process analysis (kaizen),
"pull" production (by means of kanban)
and mistake-proofing (poka-yoke).
WEBSITE:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_manufacturing