Basics in Lean Management

Tin Chih Toly Chen*, Yi Chi Wang

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Lean manufacturing, or lean sigma, originated in Japan and is a well-known tool for improving the competitiveness of manufacturers around the world. Lean manufacturing improves the planning, control, and management of a manufacturing system by using simple and effective tools such as kanbans, pacemaker, value stream mapping, 5s, just-in-time (JIT), standard operating procedures, load leveling, pull manufacturing, and others, as illustrated in Fig. 1.1. Common features of these tools are transparency, ease of understanding and communication, and ease of use. However, the philosophy of low volume and high diversity and pull production in lean manufacturing may not be suitable for all types of factories. Nonetheless, some lean management concepts and techniques are of reference value for all factories.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages1-12
Number of pages12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Publication series

NameSpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
ISSN (Print)2191-530X
ISSN (Electronic)2191-5318

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