See? Lean is About Flexibility, Not Low Inventory
http://leanblog.org/audio301
It's great to see examples of manufacturing companies being flexible and adaptive in these challenging times. Lean methods are often providing a huge boost in what can be life-saving efforts.
Lean often gets mislabeled as a “low inventory” system (or “zero inventories”) but that misses the point. We don't just lower inventory at all costs (anybody can make that mistake without Lean) — we have to create systems and supply chains that might possibly allow for low inventory.
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But back to the one manufacturing company that inspired this post. It was great to see this article (hat tip to Brad Miller):
How to pivot an entire company in a week–and remain profitableSee more in the blog post (link at top)
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