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Reducing waste, implementing efficiency-promoting practices, and continuously improving operations are the main goals of lean manufacturing ideology. These tasks may seem daunting for a manufacturer at the start of an improvement program, but there are many concrete steps that can be taken to shift the culture at any company.
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For many companies, all it takes to dramatically increase efficiency and reduce waste is a commitment to dive right in and a willingness to try new and creative ideas to find out what works best. If you are able to simplify your manufacturing tasks, increase spatial and workflow organization, take steps to reduce errors, and listen to employees on the manufacturing floor, your company will begin to see reduced waste, improved employee morale, improved efficiency, and a greater ability to manufacture products on a predictable timetable.
The following tips can help send you on your way toward all of these goals and change the way your company operates to be ready for improvement at all times.
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Lean Implementation Boosts Competitiveness and Drives Reshoring
Lean manufacturing processes increase productivity and promote reshoring. When productivity is increased, it reduces the Total Cost vs. offshore and boosts competitiveness. When the total cost is reduced, companies can think about reshoring manufacturing and jobs.
Total Cost can be used by larger companies as a sourcing tool and by smaller companies as a sales tool to convince customers that when they consider the TCO, we can many times be competitive domestically.
The Reshoring Initiative Can HelpIn order to help companies decide objectively to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S. or offshore, the not-for-profit Reshoring Initiative’s free Total Cost of Ownership Estimator can help corporations calculate the real P&L impact of reshoring or offshoring. http://www.reshorenow.org/TCO_Estimator.cfm
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