LEAN PRODUCTION SYSTEM: A FUTURE APPROACH

All manufacturin g activities necessarily generate some form of waste. The manufacturing process does not consist of hundred percent of conversion of material and energy inputs into usable final products; some portion of the material and energy inputs inevitably ends up wa stes. When the waste generated exceeds the maximum assimilative capacity of the enviro nment it becomes pollution. The paper focuses on LEAN production , which aims at elimination of wastes there by reducing the environmental degradation. “Lean manufacturing ” is a leading manufacturing paradigm being applied in many sectors of the U.S. Economy, where improving product quality, reducing production costs, and being “first to market” and quick to respond to customer needs are critical to competitiveness an d succ ess. Lean principles and methods focus on creating a continual improvement culture that engages employees in reducing the intensity of time, materials, and capital necessary for meeting a customer’s needs. While lean production’s fundamental focus is on th e systematic elimination of non - value added activity and waste from the production process, the implementation of lean principles and methods also results in improved environmental performance.