What is lean production?

Lean Production is a well consolidated style of production, mostly related to the Manufacturing Industry.

Lean Production is often called Lean Manufacturing.

In a nutshell:

Lean Production is "lean" because it has no "fat", where fat is "waste". Therefore Lean Production is synonymous with "waste-less" production.

Generally, in a Lean Production Line:

• materials flow continuously (Continuous Flow) from Processing Station to Procession Stations
• with little/no time and space gap in between processing stations
• value is added to materials at all Processing Stations
• with minimal/no waste (idling, parking, moving, checking, counting, etc.) between processing stations
• with minimal/no waste in the operation being performed at each Processing Station
• until the final product is ready with no defects