Shops be nimble, shops be quick

摘要

WHILE HAVING THE RIGHT equipment is essential for machine shops to implement agile manufacturing, so is having the right administrative and management systems. "Being agile is the ability to quickly meet the changing demands of your clients, and do so with competitive pricing and high quality," said Larry Cote, founder of Lean Advisors Inc., Ottawa, Ontario. "Before making a huge investment in capital equipment, however, people definitely need to understand that the machine is only one point in the flow of servicingyour client."