Lean manufacturing is thus a target for elimination, and a production strategy whereby expending resources for any aim besides the creation of value for the end customer is considered wasteful. This case scenario illustrates the deployment of lean principles at the FCI, an international producer of electronic connectors, as the primary driver in attaining a turn around that is world-wide in two short years.
Lean Manufacturing at FCI (A)The Global Challenge Case Study Solution
Case (A) focuses on the worldwide launch of the lean initiative from the corporate headquarters while Case (B) provides the details of local deployment at FCI's manufacturing site in Nantong, China.
PUBLICATION DATE: June 25, 2012 PRODUCT #: INS208-PDF-ENG
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