How much lean production will save is still open to question.

If the supplier has a short lead time, lean production is possible.

But the processes are by and large in place for quality, productivity, lean production.

This book made the term lean production known worldwide.

No one expects Japanese companies to abandon lean production, only to modify it.

For this it must look beyond the lean production methods that have spread from Japan to the West.

Some workers greeted the introduction of lean production with suspicion, in part because the word suggested layoffs.

Nowhere does lean production differ more boldly from mass manufacturing than in its philosophy toward workers.

In that position, he acquired a healthy respect for the Japanese auto makers and their lean production methods.

Try a little lean production in Detroit.

The company has reinvented itself as an exemplar of lean production and now dominates its major competitors.

Lean production has enabled Japanese manufactures to move into niches previously denied them.

Lean production can lead to job losses.

Such "lean production" allows even low-volume cars to be profitable, but it is still not the way Detroit does things.

It is as lush as a David Lean production.

It is lean production at its meanest.

Workcells are one of the techniques that give lean production manufacturers such as Toyota great cost advantage.

The belt-tightening ought to be good for the company, he added, "as it represents a trend toward leaner production costs and smaller margins."

Toyota may be the most efficient automobile manufacturer in the world, and its "lean production" techniques have been widely imitated.

Certainly, lean production is no panacea.

The result is what an M.I.T. researcher has dubbed "lean production."

"Lean production can't function in the extreme cyclicality that is normal in this country," he said.

But much additional productivity was expected from harder, smarter efforts from individuals, as Detroit adopted Japan's lean production techniques.

Lean production, with its emphasis on team work, responsibility, flexibility and quality, embraces everything from research and development to design, manufacturing, component supplies and distribution.

This encourages the Lean Production trend as established by Toyota, or in other words, an efficiency-based production.

In industry, lead time reduction is an important part of lean manufacturing.

Lean manufacturing is a continuous process rather than a destination.

This is similar to how stopping the line works in a modern lean manufacturing facility.

"He brought the Toyota principles over and understood the need for lean manufacturing."

But lean manufacturing cannot work when decisions are pushed down from top executives to middle managers to line workers.

The system is a major precursor of the more generic "lean manufacturing."

The first three of these are also attributes of lean manufacturing.

Lean manufacturing is helping different companies to improve production.

An approach to creating start-up companies inspired by lean manufacturing methods.

Lean manufacturing is a systematic approach to eliminating wastes in the production process.

What we now call lean manufacturing was developed by Toyota and other Japanese companies.

Most lean manufacturing tools can be directly used by a lean design team.

Lean manufacturing - especially waste reduction in management practices.

Lean manufacturing is based on the concept that production should be drive by the actual customer demands and requirements.

This waste is one of the most important elements targeted for reduction and elimination in lean manufacturing.

The following steps should be implemented to create the ideal lean manufacturing system:

In the post world war 2 the industries were producing heavily so it was necessary to apply lean manufacturing.

A spaghetti chart is a graphical aid used in lean manufacturing activities.

Lean services is the application of the lean manufacturing concept to service operations.

A small division for internal and external consulting operations, mainly on lean manufacturing processes.

Done right, lean manufacturing not only saves time and money directly, but also helps a company quickly identify flaws in its overall production process.

He says he will bring the principles of lean manufacturing to other parts of the business.

And if you know anything about lean manufacturing, then there's an even better chance that you've heard about the Kaizen philosophy.

"However, rapid growth and increasing demand prompted us to revisit our lean manufacturing systems last year.

Government agencies, nonprofits and educational institutions have a number of programs and services to help you learn about lean manufacturing.