Assignment Lean Techniques

Lean TechniquesNameCourseTutor’s NameDateLean TechniquesThe philosophy behind lean techniques is lean manufacturing and lean enterprise. The word lean denotes practices that consider expenditure of resources for activities that do not create value for the end consumer to be wasteful. Lean techniques work from the perspective of customer value creation. Customer value is defined as activities or processes that a customer is willing to pay for (Kabiak & Benbow, 2009). The backbone of lean techniques is therefore continuous improvement by identifying and eliminating all waste. In this paper we will evaluatelean techniques applied to a business and how lean techniques can be applied in a business that currently does not apply lean techniques.GLX Garments is a business in the fashion industry. The key activities of the company are usual in every garment shop floor. On receipt of orders for a design, the following activities are doneThe right quantity of fabric based on calculations is procuredThe material is cut into required patternsStitching and other processes are performed to make a garmentThe garment is taken through a finishing processThe company identified carrying