Lean manufacturing
Lean manufacturing is a management approach that seeks to improve workflow and reduce activities that do not add value to the outcome. It requires observing processes and learning from problems in their context
What it means, how it is used and where it comes up, with its related concepts.
What it is and how it works
It includes practices for organisation, quality and continuous improvement, but is not limited to a catalogue of tools. Reducing resources without understanding the system can shift costs or errors elsewhere. Improvements should be assessed by their effects on the process as a whole and on the people carrying it out.
Also known as
Lean production, Lean