GLOSSARY

Lean Foundations

Steven Brown

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Term Definition
A set of tools and applications that allow you to move material,
information, and ideas through a process in a smooth, well-
lean
organized manner while removing waste and decreasing costs
along the way
process A picture of a process that identifies a sequence of activities or
mapping the flow of materials or information
process
A restructuring or remodeling of a process
reengineering
A manufacturing strategy designed to reduce waste in the
pull system
production process
Proposes to maximize factory throughput by efficiently managing
theory of
the bottlenecks, the machines that are constraining or limiting
constraints
throughput
value stream A tool used to improve the business process, starting and ending
analysis with the customer

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