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Lean production
Lean production, as the name suggests involves in producing goods and services while stripping out waste. As a result there is no 'fat' involved in production. Lean production is efficient and hence likely to be profitable. At the aguar car production plant in !astle "romwich near "irmingham the production line has been designed with using the principles of lean production. #n the 'old days' aguar production took up for much more factory space because a lot of stock and supplies were kept on the factory floor. $owadays all stock is kept in a separate storage area where it is delivered %ust&in&time for to feed the production process.

Kanban
'n the production line, operative's work with the minimum re(uired (uantity of stock. )hen more is needed, production line workers use a 'kanban' signalling system to inform of the stores that they need more supplies. '*anban' is being the apanese word for card or signal. The *anban is used in a factory to show that a customer +the next stage in a production process, re(uires more parts, components or materials. #n its simplest form, it is a card used by the customer stage to instruct to its supplier stage to send more materials. *anbans can also take other forms. #n some apanese companies they are the solid plastic markers or even coloured ping&pong balls, the different colours representing different parts. The advantages of lean production are that waste is substantially reduced or eliminated costs fall leading up to higher profits the work area is cleaner, less cluttered, and easier for to operate in there is less damage to e(uipment, and stock there are fewer accidents at work.

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Lean production
Lean production, as the name suggests involves in producing goods and services while stripping out waste. As a result there is no 'fat' involved in production. Lean production is efficient and hence likely to be profitable. At the aguar car production plant in !astle "romwich near "irmingham the production line has been designed with using the principles of lean production. #n the 'old days' aguar production took up for much more factory space because a lot of stock and supplies were kept on the factory floor. $owadays all stock is kept in a separate storage area where it is delivered %ust&in&time for to feed the production process.

Kanban
'n the production line, operative's work with the minimum re(uired (uantity of stock. )hen more is needed, production line workers use a 'kanban' signalling system to inform of the stores that they need more supplies. '*anban' is being the apanese word for card or signal. The *anban is used in a factory to show that a customer +the next stage in a production process, re(uires more parts, components or materials. #n its simplest form, it is a card used by the customer stage to instruct to its supplier stage to send more materials. *anbans can also take other forms. #n some apanese companies they are the solid plastic markers or even coloured ping&pong balls, the different colours representing different parts. The advantages of lean production are that waste is substantially reduced or eliminated costs fall leading up to higher profits the work area is cleaner, less cluttered, and easier for to operate in there is less damage to e(uipment, and stock there are fewer accidents at work.

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