Optimizing Your Manufacturing Process Using Lean Manufacturing
Lean Manufacturing is the principle of increasing revenue not just by increasing sales but by reducing waste. The Lean Manufacturing philosophy names seven major wastes that should be dealt with - Over-production, Transportation, Waiting time, Processing, Motion, Inventory, and Scrap. The idea here is that only when one is able to control the waste that goes here can one truly be able to control earnings and expenditure. Lean, as in free from superficial baggage, aims to help manufacturers become more cost efficient and less wasteful. The principle follows a domino effect. If waste is reduced, then by the process that reduces waste, the quality of the product is increased. If the quality of the product is increased, the production time and the production cost decreases. This whole scenario ends up with an increase in total revenue from sales. If the process is able to minimize or eliminate the following, then the production will...