Lean Manufacturing and the Army Industrial Base

摘要

It has been exciting to see Lean manufacturing concepts adopted widely in the Army and throughout the Department of Defense (DOD). In case Lean has not yet been introduced in your workplace, I will define it. Lean is a philosophy that, when appropriately applied to a production process, reduces or eliminates the expenditure of unnecessary time, materials, and effort. Now coupled with a concept called Six Sigma, Lean has evolved into a successful program instead of slipping into history like so many management fads.