Keeping Inventory Lean: A Guide for Australian Food Manufacturers
Lean inventory management has taken off in the last five years, shifting from a widely recognised approach in the industrial goods sector to a staple of inventory management practitioners in almost every industry. Food manufacturers have initially shown relatively little interest in slimming down their inventory. Despite some initial reluctance, ma ... Read More
October 3, 2017 AU, Australia, inventory management, lean food manufacturing, lean inventoryFood Manufacturing and The Lean Approach
Lean manufacturing began in the early 1990s with Henry Ford, and gained further ground after the rebuilding of industry in post WWII Japan. Since then, lean manufacturing has caught on quickly, and in the United States it is now commonplace. A lean approach focuses on systematically reducing any non-value adding or wasteful activities, to increase ... Read More
July 28, 2017 food manufacturing, inventory management, lean food manufacturing, lean manufacturing, lean productionLean production in the food industry
“Lean” thinking is a cornerstone of the modern competitive marketplace. Originally emerging as a concept in motor vehicle production more than 100 years ago, “lean” has not traditionally been associated with food manufacturing. This is because the core principles of lean production: relentlessly reducing waste and quickening the flow of the ... Read More
October 6, 2016 batch numbers, cost efficiency, lean food manufacturing, production margins, supply and demand