What is Lean?

Definitions for cocktail party credibility. Helping you sound like you know what you’re talking about.

Lean is a manufacturing philosophy that seeks to eliminate waste which is defined as any goal other than the creation of value for the end customer. It also seeks to increase quality by eliminating defects — which are also seen as waste.

More information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_manufacturing

Sunday, July 18th, 2010 Uncategorized

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