Gaining Operation Control: Lean Manufacturing, getting there.
Many manufacturing Leaders struggle to make their Supply Chain Efficient however fall short of Lean, Mean or Somewhere in between.
- Lean manufacturing techniques are focused on reducing waste in production processes yet many examples of waste still persist.
- Manufacturers can extend the benefits of lean to other parts of the business such as back office functions and data capture that can result in better control of the business.
- A single source of real-time operational data available at any time can bring to light waste that often hides in the shadows of otherwise productive operations.