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Lean Manufacturing Assessment

Overview
The Lean Manufacturing Assessment is for companies looking to implement lean and agile business practices into their operations. Buker, Inc. client companies that have implemented the Lean Manufacturing Assessment recommendations have been the recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige Award, Shingo Prize Award winners, and listed in Industry Week's America's Best Plants.

Assessment
The Lean Manufacturing Assessment is 2-4 days in duration, depending on the size of the company's site operations.

Assessment Areas:
The areas covered in the assessment include:

Cultural Awareness
Structured Flow Manufacturing
Small Lot Production
Setup Reduction
Fitness for Use
Employee Involvement
Control Through Visibility
Housekeeping/Workplace Organization
Total Quality Focus
Level Load and Balanced Flow
Preventative Maintenance
Supplier Partnerships
Pull Systems
Employee Education and Training

EXPECTED RESULTS
Lead time reduction	50%-90%
Quality costs reduced	45%-55%
Inventory reduced	40%-60%
Floor space reduced	40%-60%
Manufacturing costs reduced	20%-40%
Purchasing costs reduced	5%-20%

Lean Manufacturing Assessment Deliverables
The Lean Manufacturing Assessment wrap-up is with the company's senior management to present observations, findings and recommendations. The output of the Lean Manufacturing Assessment provides:

Detailed action items for best practice/business process improvement.
Defined Lean Manufacturing pilot initiatives.
Defined process improvement task teams.
Detailed education plans to ensure employee involvement and continuous improvement in business operations.
Implementation of key operating performance measurements to establish a habit of ongoing improvement.

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