The term Lean Manufacturing indicates a company strategy that comprises the entire organization and whose aim is a complete elimination of wastes. What the Lean Manufacturing strategy guarantees is reaching the top quality level, with the execution of all deliveries and at most convenient prices.

Our experience and the tools we possess make it possible for us to support our clients during the reengineering of the processes according to the Lean Manufacturing principles. In this sense, we help companies simplify their processes and detect wastes and inefficiencies, with the aim of achieving progressive improvements that will become a source of competitive advantage.

The production systems where the classic Lean Management system is traditionally applied with success are those characterized by a low product variability and a high-volume production. It is very difficult to extend Lean Management to the environments characterized by a changeable mix of products and by low-volume productions. To apply the Lean Management principles in environments with the Make-to-order management type or there where the product mix is extremely variable in terms of quantities and characteristics it is essential to have a very powerful scheduling tool. As a matter of fact, it is necessary to balance the mix in a proper way in order to obtain sufficiently small intermediate buffers, dimension the production lots in coherence with the productive flow and optimize the processing sequences. Our CyberPlan schedulator integrated with the appropriate Lean Manufacturing module allows us to regulate the production variations and, whenever this is not completely possible, to simulate them in advance.

The main activities we perform within Lean Manufacturing are:

• Analysis and revision of the processes according to the Lean Manufacturing principles
• Simulation of the reachable results and performance monitoring
• Definition of the best working, organisational and process activities for the achievement of the planned goals