Job Shop Lean describes a “flavor” or application of or what’s known as the Toyota Production System (TPS) that is more suitable and applicable for low-variety high-volume (LVHV) production systems which differ significantly from the typical larger high-variety low-volume (HVLV) manufacturer. It takes the standard best practices of Lean, as embodied in the Toyota Production System, and tailors them to address the challenges of achieving flexibility, agility and reconfigurability which are vital and important in a Job Shop Environment..
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