Lapp to set on kaizen improvements in cable production

Lapp is the first manufacturer to kaizen improvements in cable
production. Within two years have been achieved efficiencies of around
10% in manufacturing.

Modern cable production: Always be oriented to the needs of the
customers making the cable more flexible and efficient.

The concept and philosophy of kaizen from Japan. Kai stands for
change, change, Zen means "for the better" - that "change for the
better."

The topic has been a continuous improvement process in the 1990s by
James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones and others in the book "The
Machine That Changed The World" was published and thus made accessible
to the Western Hemisphere. The reference is then as now, lean
manufacturing to the Japanese car manufacturer Toyota.
Avoid wastage

Kaizen is nowadays usually subordinated to the concept of lean
management (lean management), which covers the principles of thought,
methods and procedures to streamline the value chain. The method is an
important component in many industrial companies (especially in the
automotive industry) and is essentially aimed at an efficient
organization.

The basic approach is the idea of ​​waste (Muda) to avoid. These are
as overproduction, high inventory levels, errors, old technology, long
transport distances or periods of downtime. Cleanliness and clarity in
the workplace are basic requirements. After it was copied in the early
days, in principle, only Japan can be prosecuted in Europe today to
decide the approach is flexible, which affects lean and where does
lean not work.