An approach to improving work by reducing waste and focusing on value for the customer.
Lean examines how work delivers value to the customer and where activities consume resources without adding that value. A team can review the sequence of tasks, identify unnecessary waiting or movement, and change the process to reduce waste. Standard work instructions help make the agreed method clear enough to follow and assess. Improvements need to preserve the requirements of the product or service. The useful distinction is between improving the way work flows and simply demanding faster output from the same arrangement.
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Canada Goose’s Industrial Engineering Technologist in Scarborough was expected to develop, monitor and improve manufacturing processes using practices including Lean Manufacturing. The team was expected to improve product quality while controlling production costs. It therefore placed Lean within ongoing engineering work on how garments were manufactured. Search local jobs for “lean”.
