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Economic Analysis Of Lean Wastes: Case Studies Of Textile And Garment Industries In Ethiopia, Tsegay Tesfay Mezgebe, Hadush Berhe Asgedom, Asayehgn Desta

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In today's competitive world, customers are demanding better quality products with fast and reliable deliveries. To meet this demand, new manufacturing technologies are developing rapidly, resulting in new products and improvements in manufacturing processes. As part of this effort, lean production principles have been established and are in use in developed countries to minimize and/or remove wastes.

The purpose of this study is to identify and analyse lean wastes surfacing in production lines of four textile and garment industries. The information will make it possible for them to minimize or eliminate lean wastes using recommended tools and techniques. As a …