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lean manufacturing [¦lēn ‚man·ə′fak·chər·iŋ] (industrial engineering) A production system consisting of manufacturing cells linked together with a functionally integrated system for inventory and production control that uses less of the key resources needed to make goods. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Lean thinking does require drastic and perhaps traumatic change for the organization, Fiume said, and it requires senior management to set serious stretch goals and create an environment where it is safe to fail. Under Lean thinking, this is referred to by its Japanese name "muda," and it's a wonderful idea. As the company has been a serious practitioner of lean since 1992 (the company is one of the exemplars in the book Lean Thinking by Womack and Jones, and it has conducted more than 16,000 kaizen events) and Six Sigma since 2000, it has its share of street cred when it comes to having those subjects down cold (although Sohi thinks they're only 50% of the way along the journey). |
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