What Is Lean Production

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What Is Lean Production?

• Lean Production is the process by which the
  number of inputs into the production process are
  kept to the minimum

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Mass Production

• This is the production of large quantities of
  identical products often on assembly lines
• Idea developed by Henry Ford
• Workers specialise
• Allowed reduction in costs
• Communications and quality were not good

3
Cell Production

• This is a method of production where similar
  tasks are grouped together
• Workers working close together in the cell
  cooperate and sort out problems together

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Just In Time Production

• This is a method of production when the stocks
  are delivered only when they are needed
• This keeps stocks at a minimum at the factory
• This avoids wasting money on holding large
  amounts of stock

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The Workforce

• Workers are encourages to get involved to help
  improve the business
• This is known as Kaizen which means continuous
  improvement
• Each worker is encouraged to make suggestions
• The workers meet in Quality Circles to suggest
  ways to improve quality

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What Is Benchmarking?

• This is the comparison of performance between one
  business and another to see how well it is doing
• If it is not so good then it knows it has to
  improve