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Lean Manufacturing
From the Manufacturers Resource Center

Ask yourself some tough questions...
  • Are you manufacturing more, earlier and faster than required by your customers?
  • Does production stop when an employee is away or parts are out of stock?
  • Are you missing on-time delivery?
  • Are batch sizes much larger than consumption rates?
  • Do you have lots of rework?

If you answered yes to any of the above, then your solution is Lean Manufacturing. What does it mean to be Lean? Lean is about being able to do more with less and get more with less. Lean is about eliminating waste and producing what your customers want when they want it. Everywhere you look represents an opportunity… a place to improve throughput, eliminate set-up steps, reduce inventory, speed up delivery, improve cash flow, become more efficient. Here are some areas to look at:
  
  • Overproduction
  • Inventory
  • Defects
  • Processing
  • Transportation
  • Waiting
  • Motion
  • Underutilized people
  
If waste exists in your company, we'll find it. We'll also show you how to reduce it, or better yet, eliminate it. Plus, we should warn you right now… we're relentless and we expect you to be the same way. Every dollar that you're throwing away today is being multiplied on your bottom line. Lean is a proven system that leads to:
  
  • Improved quality
  • Greater throughput
  • Reduced costs
  • Better cash flow
  • Improved morale
  • Faster speed to market
  • Increased sales
  • Greater productivity
  • Higher profits
 
What will it mean to be Lean? The longer you stick to Lean, the bigger the benefits. While you will experience dramatic effects early on, they are just a hint of how great it can be. Lean is not a destination, it is a journey. The sooner you get started, the sooner you begin to see the rewards.

Read an article about the "Seven Skills People Need to Create a Lean Enterprise".

We recommend you start your Lean journey with "Lean6 101 - An Introduction to Lean Manufacturing".

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Lean Manufacturing training:



For more information or to register, please contact MRC at:
name:      Angie Bove
title:      Training Program Coordinator
phone:      610-758-4588
fax: 610-758-4716
email: angieb@mrcpa.org
  
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