In a competitive market, kaizen and lean staffing techniques can be a competitive edge. Marla Dickerson explores the techniques of cola maker Ajegroup who know how to compete in the marketplace. ...
... "Lean staffing is another cost-cutting tool. Spokesman Paredes said the company's modern equipment, coupled with so-called kaizen, or continuous improvement, techniques, have helped it reduce the number of workers on each of the Huejotzingo plant's seven production lines to eight, which he says is fewer than half that of a typical bottling facility. " ...
Kaizen: Lean Staffing Techniques: In Mexico, Taking Fizz Out of the Cola Giants - Via Los Angeles Times
Additional resources on lean staffing techniques:
Kaizen Rapid Process | Lean Thinking | Lean and the Environment | Via EPA: "Kaizen, or rapid improvement processes, often is considered to be the building block of all lean production methods. Kaizen focuses on eliminating waste, improving productivity, and achieving sustained continual improvement in targeted activities and processes of an organization. Lean production is founded on the idea of kaizen or continual improvement. This philosophy implies that small, incremental changes routinely applied and sustained over a long period result in significant improvements. "
Feature Article - Building Better Powertrains Through Lean Approaches at Toyota: "The addition of three machinists known as the 'kaizen team' swells the ranks to a grand total of 17. And this kind of lean staffing exists throughout TMMWV. Toyota can operate in this mode because of a single-minded pursuit of the lean practices of the Toyota Production System (TPS). "
Via OnDemandJournal: "There is no greater roadblock to continuous improvement than a person who is fighting to keep a job that's not needed, especially if he's in a management role. Since small businesses already have lean staffing, that's less likely to be a problem. "
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