Saturday, February 16, 2013

Build-to-Order



A situation in which production lead time and order lead time are less than the time the customer is prepared to wait for the product, and the producer builds products entirely to confirmed order rather
than to forecast.

This is a condition Lean Thinkers strive to achieve because it avoids the demand amplification and waste inherently involved in building products based on informed guesses about customer desires

No comments:

Post a Comment

Lean Manufacturing Tools © 2014 | Powered By Blogger

Distributed By Free Blogger Templates | Designed By Windroidclub