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What Lean Means For Printers: Reducing Setups And Makereadies Is Just The Beginning, Malcolm G. Keif
What Lean Means For Printers: Reducing Setups And Makereadies Is Just The Beginning, Malcolm G. Keif
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Lean, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Principles. What is all this discussion of Lean? And what does it mean to the printer? First, let’s figure out what Lean is. Lean is a set of ideas, concepts, tools, and principles that were developed over a number of years, mostly by Toyota Motor Corp. as the Toyota Production System (TPS). The company developed this system as a means to be competitive in a difficult marketplace against large competitors with greater resources. The values that underpin Lean include: respect for people, continuous improvement, minimizing waste, just-in-time (JIT) production, custom and small-lot production, problem solving, teamwork, …
Green Is Not Really Lean, Kevin Cooper
Handling Work Done Outside, Kevin Cooper