Lean
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- Lean is a business system for organising and managing processes.
- The purpose is to add value as defined by the customer while minimising waste.
- The benefits are:
- shorter lead times,
- greater responsiveness to customer demands and
- reduced cost (labour, capital, materials and capital).
- Lean Enterprise Institute – an excellent source of information led by Jim Womack is a great source of information.
- Lean Enterprise Australia – the Australian chapter led by Peter Walsh
- Wikipedia
