Glossary Item

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).

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       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_manufacturing

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