Maintaining efficient operations in today's
manufacturing environment isn’t easy, but putting into
practice the principles of lean manufacturing can
further hone your organization’s competitive edge.
Typical manufacturing plants have multiple vendors,
multiple interfaces, complex information flows, and
asynchronous processing, all of which can lead to
limited visibility into orders, materials, and
production. To achieve peak performance, manufacturers
must systematically identify and eliminate plant floor
inefficiencies.
This lean manufacturing strategy requires a four-step
cycle of continuous improvement:
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Value-stream-mapping documents each step in the
process, its inputs and outputs, across the entire
supply chain.
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Analysis and
modeling identify tasks that could be simplified or
cut altogether.
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Implementation and continuous improvement actualize
change on the plant floor.
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Management
and reporting evaluates the results and begins the
cycle again.
Learn more about lean
manufacturing functionality in Microsoft Dynamics ERP
