JobShopLean

JobShopLean is a concept for applying the philosophy of Lean to the type of usually small manufacturing organization known as a job shop.

Unlike continuous (Flow) manufacturing as practised by Toyota, this manufacturing is characterized by skilled hourly employees such as machinists, diemakers, welders, pipefitters, painters, etc. that perform non-repetitive manufacturing operations, often based on them determine the manufacturing processes and sequences. Lean manufacturing is the concept of doing all this as efficiently as possible.