Taking the concepts of the Toyota System and enhancing them with todays information systems technology has been the key to allow some manufacturers to unlock the door that leads to a short-cut in process improvement projects. They are rethinking the good ideas of lean manufacturing and are using todays factory floor information tools to quickly and easily improve factory floor performance, customer responsiveness and their bottom line.
Process improvement through a leaner approach and finite scheduling for the factory floor can be demonstrated in a number of ways: Continue reading Lean Manufacturing Through Factory Floor Innovation