How to make your business leaner than Lean

Ó 2006 Business Technology Management, Inc.

Sales

Marketing

Engineering

Subcontracting

Purchasing

Logistics

Vendors

Distribution

Warehousing

Customer service

Receivables

Invoicing

Therefore, in Manufacturing -

•When you see a bottleneck, is it a symptom or the root cause?

•When you see a problem area, does the source of disruption originate there or somewhere else? And,

When you fix a bottleneck, does it disappear or move elsewhere

Many improvement initiatives focus on the Manufacturing process where things are most visible.

However, it is only part of the entire business flow.

Local or Global?

WIP

Finished

Goods

M a n u f a c t u r i n g

Raw

Materials