Lean Manufacturing

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Lean Manufacturing

Introduction

Lean manufacturing which is also called lean production or in some cases as Lean is a manufacturing process where by the all types of waste is reduced significantly . This may include the waste of time or materials On the other hand , lean production does not only consider the value the end consumer gets but also the elimination of waster in line of production . Value is what the end user of the product will be willing to

pay for . The main aim of lean manufacturing is achieving the value expected with less work and waste . Though lean manufacturing has been adopted by many companies , it was initially used by Toyota (Toyota production System (Page , 2003

In lean production , beside eliminating waste , it ensures quality of each and every part that is manufactured is examined soon after is produced so as if there is any defect , its rectified soonest to avoid waste of more time tracing the error after the production of the whole system is completed . The Lean manufacturing has the same characteristics with the ensure that those in production line have the highest knowledge on how the system should work (Page , 2003

Increasing Boeing profits through Lean production

There are several ways Boeing Company can use to increase its profits through the use of lean manufacturing . Since the aim of Lean manufacturing is reduction of was...