Lean Manufacturing is deeply rooted to the core in almost all Japanese companies. Maybe that is the reason their products have become the epitome of excellence.

Lean is something that adds value to the product for which the customer pays happily. On the contrary, it removes everything that doesn't add value to a product.

To deliver a high-on-satisfaction product to the customer, there is a need to know the best practices to implement Lean Manufacturing. Here are five of those that can be used by beginners or by anyone in the midst of the lean manufacturing journey.

1. Waste - Identify and Eliminate

Waste doesn't only mean defects or rejections, but in lean terminology, there are 7 types of waste that are hidden. They should be identified and eliminated to kick start the lean manufacturing journey. Here are those.

• Defects

• Waiting

• Overproduction

•Inventory

• Transportation

• Motion

• Over-processing

2. Promote continuous improvement

Small but continuous improvements bring sustainable success in the long term. Every employee must keep looking for the scope of improvement. It should be included in the routine operations of an organization. With continuous improvements, the wastes are eliminated and processes can be improved to a larger extent.

3. Leverage 5S to organize

Sort, set in order, shine, standardize and sustain - these are the foundations for lean manufacturing. These principles minimize the Non-Value Adding activities and help an organization to work efficiently.

4. Measure the improvement

An organization must keep checking the improvements in regular intervals. Also, new improvement goals need to be set and met to keep progressing towards the lean manufacturing goals.