To become lean, you must systematically eliminate waste from your business processes. One of the seven forms of waste is overproduction. Overproduction is producing more than customer demand. If you produce more than what your customer is asking for, you must do something with the excess-store it or throw it away.
The attached example is an example of the latter. It shows that America produces more food than the public can consume. In this case, the excess is thrown away. (Click on the picture to make it larger for reading)
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Hi Stephen,
Interesting blog. The real "Lean" problem with the food industry is that there is no "Pull" from the customer. Therefore it is tough to "level load" production. If each of us had to decide today what we were going to eat next week and be held to it then there should not be as much "overproduction".
Steve Wallace
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