How Specialty Ring Products Uses Lean Manufacturing
One of the key elements in Specialty Ring Product’s continuous improvement efforts has been the adoption of lean manufacturing principles to improve productivity and efficiency as we design products such as rolled rings.
What is lean manufacturing? It’s a practice created in the Japanese auto industry – by Toyota, more specifically – to eliminate waste and inefficiency.
Going lean was so successful that it was embraced by manufacturers around the world. For an American company, being lean is critical when competing against countries where it costs less to do business.