| om-link"> | | | | have achieved their lean objective. However, a lean |
| Management Magazine features an article on | | | | process has to be a continuous process of |
| Rethinking Lean Manufacturing Profiled in January | | | | improvement if it is to succeed. After cleaning a |
| issue | | | | section of the manufacturing house, it’s time |
| Thomas R. Cutler suggests that manufacturers are | | | | to ferret out the dirt and dust throughout the rest |
| rethinking lean. Before investing in more technology, | | | | of the enterprise. The bottom line is that if a lean |
| manufacturers are making sure the processes in | | | | program doesn’t touch all areas of the |
| place are working at, or close to, capacity. The | | | | business, it won’t succeed. |
| January issue of Management Magazine contains | | | | Cutler, who founded the Manufacturing Media |
| more of Cutler’s assertions. | | | | Consortium in 1999, has grown the participation from |
| Lean processes are introduced in companies to | | | | 300 journalists to more than two thousands key |
| eliminate waste. Considering how effective the | | | | clients, journalists, editors, trendsetters, and key |
| process has been for many companies, it’s | | | | business leaders worldwide. Cutler has authored more |
| somewhat surprising to learn that only about 61% of | | | | than 1000 articles for a wide range of manufacturing |
| Canadian manufacturers have introduced a lean | | | | periodicals, industrial publications, and business journals |
| process into their operations. Of that 61%, many | | | | including most of the leading monthly trade |
| confess that the effort has been cursory, managing | | | | publications. Cutler is the author of The |
| to deal with only surface issues at best. | | | | Manufacturers’ Public Relations and Media |
| According to Cutler, The road to fulfilling a lean | | | | Guide. Cutler was voted #1 Manufacturing Journalist |
| initiative begins with a willingness to do some serious | | | | for the third year in a row. The firm has forty-two |
| housecleaning. Some do this cursorily, derive | | | | employees worldwide. |
| quantifiable improvements, and suggest that they | | | | |