Lean Manufacturing
Lean manufacturing or lean production is a concept of organization's management which is based on the constant effort to eliminate all kinds of losses. Lean manufacturing requires involvement of each employee in the process of business optimization and maximum customer orientation.
The main principles of the lean manufacturing concept are evaluation of the value of product for the final consumer at each stage of its creation, and also creation of a continuous process of eliminating waste - the elimination of any actions that consume resources but create no value for the end user. As a synonym for the concept of loss sometimes is used the term from the Toyota's production system — "muda" which meaning all sorts of costs, losses, waste, garbage.
According to the lean manufacturing concept, all company activities are divided on the operations and processes that add value for the consumer, and the operations and processes that don't add value for the consumer. The objective of lean manufacturing is the systematic reduction of the processes and operations which don't add value.
ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software enhanced with Value Stream Mapping solution from the Quality area of ConceptDraw Solution Park is perfect for the lean manufacturing.
Example 1. Lean Manufacturing
Value Stream Mapping Solution offers the extensive drawing tools for the lean manufacturing process. The great value has the availability of predesigned vector objects in Value Stream Mapping library of the Value Stream Mapping Solution. These ready-to-use objects let you the possibility to draw without efforts - all that you need is simply drag ready objects from the library to the document, arrange and connect them and make style changes.

Example 2. Value Stream Mapping Library Design Elements
The lean manufacturing sample you see on this page was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software using the Value Stream Mapping Solution for ConceptDraw Solution Park. An experienced user spent 10 minutes creating this sample in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM
Use the Value Stream Mapping Solution for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM to realize effectively the lean manufacturing process and easily draw professional looking diagrams.
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Lean manufacturing or lean production is a concept of organization's management which is based on the constant effort to eliminate all kinds of losses. Lean manufacturing requires involvement of each employee in the process of business optimization and maximum customer orientation.
ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software enhanced with Value Stream Mapping solution from the Quality area of ConceptDraw Solution Park is perfect for the lean manufacturing.
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Picture: Types of Flowchart: Comprehensive Overview
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