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News Release from: Manufacturing Resources | Subject: Lean manufacturing site
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 December 2005
Lean Manufacturing Tools
An informative site providing references and tools to aid companies embarking on a lean manufacturing program is now available.
An informative site providing references and tools to aid companies embarking on a lean manufacturing program is now available The site includes reference to OEE, Six Sigma, Kanban, Smed with more subjects being added daily
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 17 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The site provides definitions and suggested further resources to aid your Lean Manufacturing efforts.
Lean Manufacturing is about reducing waste from the work place and with tools such as OEE ( Driving Efficiency), Kanban providing pull systems for production planning, Six Sigma for quality improvements, Smed to aid and improve your setup and change over times, these are all principles and ideas that most manufacturing organisations can benefit from.
The site is being added to weekly with new content and ideas.
Lean Manufacturing has been growing in popularity over the last 15 years with companies such a Toyota establishing them selves as a prime example of the benefits it can deliver to Manufacturing, Distribution and sales.
The GE organisation has embarked on a complete Six Sigma Program, making savings of around $10 Billion over the last 5 Years.
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