Addressing Waste in the Real World

In difficult economic times, lean thinking strikes a chord for manufacturers as it promises to reduce costs, improve quality and transform the bottom line, by eliminating waste in every area of the value stream, including factory management and supplier networks. Its goal is to eliminate non-value added processing from the customers’ perspective, enabling less inventory, less space,less resource, less time and less cost to produce more – and all highly responsive to customer demand.

This white paper examines the impact of leveraging proven lean principles supported by Real-time Asset Management Solutions from Zebra Technologies. We will identify the seven wastes of manufacturing and how Real-time Asset Management Solutions can eradicate these wastes. You will also learn first hand how customers eliminated waste and benefited from these solutions.