Implementing Lean Manufacturing

摘要

Lean Manufacturing isn't just another industry buzzword. It's a mindset that successful manufacturers have adopted as the core platform for their current and future business planning strategies. Revolutionary changes are rapidly taking place in the manufacturing industry. Running "lean" is no longer a business objective, but a fundamental requirement of conducting business. With declining sales revenues, manufacturers are faced with major challenges such as increasing productivity while cutting material, designing products that meet their customers' rapidly changing technological and turnaround requirements, and giving deeper product discounts to remain cost competitive. In addition, manufacturers face labor and overhead costs, inflating research and development budgets and marketing/advertising budgets to retain market share.