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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">When talking about lean manufacturing, the only thing that comes to one’s mind is that to improve the production process efficiency. But if you go through the book stuff, you’ll come to know that there’s more to it.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">It’s a philosophy that embarks upon the practices of eliminating all kinds of waste to make the business the best it can be! </span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Companies require experts and professionals to exercise these activities as it’s not a piece of cake for all. Many firms do try to practice lean manufacturing solely with the help of some written texts and merging departments, but an expert professional eliminates any room for error and creates a scope for improvement and innovation. A man’s job can never be done by anything else!!</span></div>
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<div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Waste in Lean methodology can be classified into three main categories:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;">“<b>Muda</b>” (work that does not add value)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;">“<b>Muri</b>”<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">  </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">(overburden)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;">“<b>Mura</b>” (unevenness)</span></li>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Work that doesn’t add value and overburden can be easily understandable, but unevenness can disrupt the smoothness of the production flow. Unevenness can be perceived when there are no orders placed during the lead time. To avoid this, it is recommended to place orders frequently to ensure a smooth flow of work.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Reducing excessive waste does not only count upon the raw material waste. There are several frontiers where firms can get a hold and enable a lean methodology.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;">Shrinking the size of the package reduce space and money required for transport</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;">Proper inventory management so the products do not stock up</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;">Using effective project planning for efficient performance</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;">Time scaling of equipment for further planning</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;">Purging gratuitous steps in the processing chain</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;">Computing each model to minimize failures</span></li>
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<div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">There are other areas for improvement too. These modifications, ask for professional help in any organization and thus an expert in lean manufacturing is required. An expert can evaluate the firm in and out and create customized plans according to it.</span></div>
<div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">An online portal like SolutionBuggy facilitates organizations to find consultants for lean manufacturing and even in other vital areas. SolutionBuggy helps both the ways, for the organizations and for the consultants as well!</span></div>
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<div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Competition today is neck-to-neck; companies can only thrive in the market if they offer the best price in the best time. To ensure this, they adopt lean production.</span></div>
<div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Many big industries and manufacturers have adopted the lean principles and they have been running better than ever. Take for Intel; it is the world’s largest computer chip maker. The factory manager in Ireland said that they used to take 14 weeks to introduce a new chip to their factory, but now with the lean methodology, it takes only 10 days.</span></div>
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<div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">What it all shows, that it has been effective! The lesser the use of time and money, the more the productivity yields. In many surveys, it has been found out that the processing steps of the companies are eating out the massive chunks of their inputs. In lean manufacturing, special emphasis is given to the reduction of these insignificant steps to save a ton.</span></div>
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<div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Another great example that comes to mind is of a book printer in Maharashtra. The printer almost saved a million when someone from his factory asked him to change the font of the book. By changing the font of it, the owner saved a heap of cash as it was using lesser ink than in the previous font. The same content printed at a lesser cost… how smart was that?</span></div>
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<div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Improvising the process of manufacturing like these illustrates the importance of lean principles and how effective it could be. Adopting these, they do not only benefit the organization but it also does the job for the sustainability of the environment by reduction of waste materials. This could be also a method of lean for a company where both of its aim of reduction and environmental sustainability gets fulfilled with one dart!</span></div>
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