Lean Supply Chain Management Essentials

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to reduce internal times, and shift internal items to external where possible. e best

way to visualize what a setup should look like is to watch a pit stop in an auto race.

What you will see is lots of preparation being done while the car is still running on the

track, a flurry of activity while the car is stopped, with very little wasted motion, then

another round of preparation for the next pit stop. A pit stop may be the best example

of the power of standard work, which is readily available for everyone to study.

By reducing overall setup time, from hours to minutes, you will be able to set up

more often, shortening the interval and thus running smaller batches.

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