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Identifying and Eliminating the 8 Forms of Waste in Manufacturing

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

Success in manufacturing today demands agility and operational excellence, which SMMs can attain through innovative thinking, swift adaptation, and waste elimination - all critical principles in implementing Lean Manufacturing. What Is Waste from a Lean Manufacturing Perspective? But, you don’t have to do it alone!

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Avoiding Data DOWNTIME: Applying Lean Principles to Data in Aerospace & Defense

iBASEt

Information should be accessible at the point of use, and data should only originate once. Lean data management eliminates extra steps, keeping critical insights within easy reach. When operators click through multiple screens to check a work order or engineers manually extract CAD data for suppliers, thats motion waste.