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Benefits And Challenges Of Lean Manufacturing

Strategy Driven

Lean thinking is all about doing more with less. Therefore, lean manufacturing is about reducing or eliminating waste across the board, from customer service and design to distribution and manufacturing. It is also commonly referred to as lean production. The short-term and long-term benefits of lean manufacturing.

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Comparing Lean Thinking and Dr. Deming’s Management Ideas

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. This webcast shows Sarah Pavelka ’s presentation, Deming and Lean: The Disparities and Similarities, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. Sarah co-authored Tool Time for Lean with David Langford.

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Breaking the Death Grip of Legacy Technologies

Harvard Business Review

Managers constantly try to fit new market needs to existing processes and routines. Even General Motors, which had a bird’s eye view of the Toyota Production System from its joint venture with Toyota at New United Motors Manufacturing Inc. More importantly, managers need to monitor the tool innovation roadmap.

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The Dirty Little Secret About Digitally Transforming Operations

Harvard Business Review

Back in the 1980s and 1990s, lean manufacturing was the Big New Idea and it seemed like everyone was learning new tools with Japanese names. But they should also make sure that they don’t give the possible barriers to adoption short shrift. Operations in a Connected World. Sponsored by Accenture.