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Lean manufacturing is the systematic elimination of waste. As the name
implies, Lean is focused on cutting “fat” from production activities. What
Lean has done is package some well-respected industrial/manufacturing and
engineering practices into a system that can work in virtually any environment. Kaizen is the
Waste is broadly defined as anything that adds cost to the product without philosophy of continual
adding value to it.
improvement, that
• Signs add value to the lean manufacturing process.
every process can and
• Signs remove many obstacles to improvement.
should be continually
• Signs give workers control over their workplace.
evaluated and improved
• Signs can eliminate wasted effort and energy in
misdirected work flow. in terms of time

• Signs can eliminate unnecessary employee traffic. required, resources

used, resultant quality,

and other aspects

relevant to the process.