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Explain how lean manufacturing principles relating to just-in-time, value chain analysis, and waste reduction serve to reduce process variation and, as a result, improve quality?

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Lean is doing more with less, less inventory, space etc. It helps in producing customized product at lower cost. Toyota is also famous in industry for its manufacturing philosophy, called the Toyota Production System. In order to produce world-class, quality automobiles at competitive price levels, Toyota has developed an integrated approach to production, which manages equipment, materials, and people in the most efficient manner while ...

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