With the UK being the ninth largest manufacturing nation in the world, it’s a highly competitive sector that is leading manufacturers to take every step available to bring costs down.
Lean manufacturing, otherwise known as lean production, six sigma, or kaizen, revolves around the optimisation of the manufacturing process. Specifically, this means greater efficiency, faster processes and higher consistency, plus production at a higher level of precision. While innovative, it’s a concept that’s existed for over a century, being prominently adopted in Henry Ford’s car…
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