Change is often the result not just of advancements in technology,but of changes that happen in corporate or business culture.Take,for example,the idea of lean manufacturing.The term itself,and the motivating idea behind it,has been around since 1990 when business researchers investigated how Japanese auto firms were changing the rules of automobile manufacturing.Derived from the Toyota Production System,lean manufacturing simply means eliminating waste and reducing incidental work to increase value.The goal is to decrease the time between when an order for a product is placed and when that final product reaches the customer's doorstep,thereby improving profitability and increasing customer satisfaction.
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