lean

  • Want to Be Lean? Improve Customer Value

    • April 21, 2021
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Leadership, Manufacturing
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    A factory worker checks his equipment for problems. This is how you run a lean manufacturing operation.

    So many companies have bought into the Lean philosophy, which can be downright silly at times. Not that the idea of streamlined operations is silly. Not at all. When I think of all the money companies have wasted over the years with bloated operations and “that’s the way we’ve always done it thinking,” I imagine

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  • You Don’t REALLY Need to Create a Lean Operation, Do You?

    • August 12, 2020
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Management
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    If you have a lean operation, you shouldn't store up a lot of inventory or raw materials. This is a photo of a forklift moving around a huge rack of car tires.

    We hear a lot about lean manufacturing and lean principles these days, but it’s kind of a catchword. I’ve never been a big fan of buzzwords because they only complicate something that’s already simple, but I don’t think “lean” necessarily means anything special. For the most part, I’ve found you don’t need to be “lean”

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