Aza Badurdeen - Articles

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Where Lean Manufacturing Outscores Traditional Manufacturing
Lean manufacturing works on the principle of removing non value added activities from the system. Therefore it is possible to improve the system without even increasing the efficiency of the system by 1%. Read
By: Aza Badurdeen | 19/01/2007 | Organizational
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Lean Manufacturing and the Customer
Lean manufacturing depends on customer's feedback to produce what customer exactly requires. Therefore the customer has a big role to play in a lean manufacturing system. Read
By: Aza Badurdeen | 09/08/2006 | Management
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Lean information systems
For a successful lean manufacturing system, it is very important to have a good information handling system. Lean concepts can be used in the context of information handling to create a lean information system. Read
By: Aza Badurdeen | 21/07/2006 | Organizational
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Lean manufacturing and Kaizen
Kaizen is very important part of lean manufacturing. Every opportunity for improvement is used to deliver superior value to customers. Read
By: Aza Badurdeen | 06/05/2006 | Management
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A simple and powerful lean manufacturing tool - 5S
Lean manufacturing is well known for it use of very simple tools and techniques for good effect. One of such tool is 5S, which is very simple and easy to use, still will do wonders for your organization. Read
By: Aza Badurdeen | 20/04/2006 | Organizational
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Lean manufacturing quality concept and traditional quality concept - A Comparison
People generally think that they have to pay some extra amount to get good quality products. This is not true. Lean manufacturers produce high quality products with no additional cost. Any manufacturer must become a quality manufacturer. Read
By: Aza Badurdeen | 07/03/2006 | Advertising
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Just In Time (JIT) Vs Supermarkets
Lean manufacturing has many conceptual similarities with supermarkets. Requirement generation form the customer, pull scheduling, no WIP workplace, are few similarities between JIT and supermarkets. Read
By: Aza Badurdeen | 04/03/2006 | Management
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Lean manufacturing implementation is a challenge
Lean manufacturing implementation is a challenging process. It should be a well planned, systematic process, which should be carried out with a clear understanding of lean manufacturing concept and principles Read
By: Aza Badurdeen | 04/03/2006 | Management