Papers and Articles on Operations Management: Lean manufacturing Articles

Editorial: Think Lean? Think Big! - Lean manufacturing Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Once again it’s good to see many more members are getting involved at Branch level.

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Editorial: Lean vs Agile - Lean manufacturing Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: For some years now, all of us have been expected to both think Lean and be Lean in our approach to manufacturing efficiency. But, now in addition we are also being encouraged to become more agile.

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Lean and Agile Supply Chain Design - Lean manufacturing Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: There is no disputing the impact that has been achieved through Lean Thinking in western manufacturing companies, in the last decade in particular. In more recent years the concept of Agility has been proposed as an approach to cope with more volatile markets. There has been muc... read article...

Integrating Lean and Agile Thinking: Concepts in Support of Practice - Lean manufacturing Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The emergence of Just-in-Time (JIT) manufacturing in the 1980s signified a turning point in logistics management and the development of what is now called lean supply.

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A Blast Against The Monstrous Regiment of Toyota - Lean manufacturing Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: It has by now become a prevailing orthodoxy that the manufacturing systems pioneered and developed so effectively by the Toyota Corporation of Japan, (Lean manufacturing, Quality assurance, JIT, Supply Chain Management, Kaizen, and so on), represent the apex of manufacturing exc... read article...

Branch news: Thames Valley: Value Stream Mapping - Lean manufacturing Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Mind the gaps! That was one of many take-away messages from an excellent presentation by Wendy Garner, Principal Lecturer at Coventry University. The meeting was organised by the Thames Valley Branch on the evening of June 28th. At the offices of Hughenden in High Wycombe, Wendy... read article...

Editorial: Leaning into the Future - Lean manufacturing Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: As Editor I have to tell you that we have received more articles and information than we had pages for this issue. Great news! However, this meant cutting back on some content, so watch out for the next edition which will have my latest letter and lots more interesting stuff!

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Branch news : Scotland - Achieving Lean Benefits through Change Management – a Visit to Rolls Royce, Inchinnan - Lean manufacturing Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: This joint event attracted 24 members from the IOM, IEE, CMI and competitiveScotland.com. The delegates were warmly welcomed by Rolls Royce, who had four staff on hand to help us during the talk and tour. Mark Richman, Andy Russell, Les Carey and Michael Gallagher were very able... read article...

Branch news : East & West Scotland - Visit to Honeywell – “The Lean Story” - Lean manufacturing Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: This event at Honeywell proved surprisingly popular. I’m not suggesting that Honeywell wouldn’t prove to be excellent hosts or that a lean event wasn’t going to be interesting … it’s just that someone who’ll remain nameless arranged it on the... read article...