In the relentless pursuit of profitability and competitiveness, more and more companies are turning to lean manufacturing to reduce or eliminate waste in their production processes. Once confined to the automotive industry, lean principles are becoming standard operating procedure in many industries today. The reason is simple: When implemented with a good performance management system, lean principles have a proven track record of operational and strategic success, which ultimately translates into increased value to the end customer.
This paper illustrates how IFS Applications supports lean principles, particularly in the many manufacturing environments that require both rate-based and order-based shop-floor execution. This hybrid, or mixed-mode, approach lets you go lean step by step as you are able, not because an inflexible system forces you to do so.
To find out more, download this whitepaper from IFS.
