Clear as Muda? Free booklet might help...
October 1st 2008 Mention "lean" to most
people in manufacturing
and there's a good chance
they will tell you it's too
complicated, not worth the
effort or better applied to
other types of business.
Strange sounding jargon
such as Six Sigma, Kaizen
and Kanban doesn't help sell
the idea and the
terminology can be about as
revealing as the names in
the latest Ikea catalogue.
But scratch beneath the
surface and it's clear that
the principles involved can
be applied to almost any
production environment
because they are about
simplifying and eliminating
wasteful processes. And at
their heart is the idea of
optimising the handling and
storage throughout the
production chain and
especially at the lineside.
Special video sequences
and a new booklet available
from The Tube & Bracket
Company provide simple
but graphic illustrations of
how lean manufacturing
storage and handling
techniques can be applied to
virtually any manufacturing
process to deliver significant
performance improvement
and reduce overall costs.
A core objective is
reducing or eliminating
wasteful or inefficient
processes – "muda" in the
jargon. There are seven
different muda that impact
on a manufacturing process
and inefficient handling
contributes to them all. Find
out how Tube & Bracket,
and its free booklet can help
by calling the number
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