“Lean Vs.Traditional”

• Half the hours of engineering effort

• Half the product development time

• Half the investment in machinery, tools and equipment

• Half the hours of human effort in the factory

• Half the defects in the finished product

• Half the factory space for the same output

• A tenth or less of in-process inventories

Source: The Machine that Changed the World, Womack, Jones, and Roos, 1990.

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