Management Side of Engineering: Comparing major manufacturing improvement methods — Part 2

摘要

Lean Manufacturing is more a philosophy or condition than it is a process. For example, when you're lean, you minimize waste in all its forms by:rn1. Having minimal inventory, work in process, and raw materialrn2. Having high on-time delivery performancern3. Operating in a "pull" mode; that is, you make only enough to fill near-term demandrn4. Making more smaller batches and having fewer longer runs (a bit counter-intuitive)rn5. Minimizing delay times and system cycle times.