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Manufacturing expert highlights benefits of lean strategies

2 February 2012
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Manufacturing expert highlights benefits of lean strategiesLean processing can benefit firms in the UK's manufacturing industry, according to one expert.

Head of programmes at The Manufacturing Institute Adam Buckley stated that such operations management techniques can help businesses to become more competitive, giving the flexibility over pricing and creating more effective services.

He advocated that companies "develop high performance teams with a focus on driving out waste and creating customer value" in order to boost customer service, productivity, lead times, stock turns, quality and innovation.

Mr Buckley highlighted the importance of involving staff in such processes and noted that areas in which waste can be reduced include "transport, moving, waiting, space and physical waste".

He also pointed to the particular need for lean strategies in the current economic climate in order to make processes more efficient, free up capital and reduce internal costs.

The UK's manufacturing industry is being affected by a contraction in levels of demand from Europe as a result of economic uncertainty in the region, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research, which could prompt firms to investigate methods of enhancing efficiency and productivity in order to reduce costs.ADNFCR-3058-ID-801279485-ADNFCR
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