Steve Boam, A focus on development
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Magazine Article, Source : The Manufacturer
Zone : World class manufacturing
Published : May 2008
Although lean manufacturing has become universal, few companies recognise that it also applies to the very front end of the process. Steve Boam looks at how to apply lean to new product development
The Toyota Production System (TPS), which began it all, actually started as a planning process and a method of introducing stability. It was from here that SMED (single minute exchange of die) and other lean tools were developed to reduce time and...
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