By保罗J. Heney/编辑总监
为设计人员提供的制造工具的各种廉价设计已经减少了制造商的机会数量，以加速计划或降低原型期间的成本 - 这些步骤通常不再需要。因此，为了节省客户的时间和金钱，最好的方法是消除生产过程中的浪费。
在精益的环境中，制造商从最终产品向后工作到制造过程的开始，分析每个步骤和沿途的相互作用。效率努力，也许从未逃脱部门筒仓现在成为为客户提供价值的协调计划的一部分。
Lean manufacturers probe deeply into their production processes to find new ways to improve. Questions become more challenging, consensus harder to reach, and measurement metrics less apparent. For a printed circuit board manufacturer, a Lean process can explore and analyze the following questions:
- How far do our boards physically travel during the production process?
- 如果我们穿越更多人员怎么办？
- 有更好的方法来包装我们的菲尼吗shed products?
A PCB that travels a shorter distance during production is at reduced risk of misplacement or damage, can be completed faster, and requires less labor to transport. More cross-trained employees translate into smaller, more efficient production teams. Innovative packing solutions minimize PCB damage during transport.
如果精益不转换组织，结果往往是灾难性的。精益实现故障记录良好。这些不成功的尝试的后果很少成为新闻。
When Lean is not implemented correctly—usually because of poor education and communication—it becomes very difficult to get the momentum started again. Failure is most often avoided by strengthening the lines of communication and reacting quickly when Lean encounters resistance. As long as top management remains involved and evangelists stay persistent, speed bumps will not bring a Lean initiative to a stop.
Metric-driven companies are better prepared to adopt Lean, because they understand how to measure success and avoid the pitfalls associated with failure. Once your organization makes the commitment to Lean, establishes strong two-way communication and provides the tools necessary to make continuous improvement, you need to be able to measure results.
这对PCB制造商有兴趣的好消息。指标始终是高效制造的关键组成部分。在进行准确的时间，劳动和材料的准确措施之前，甚至在精益趋势开始之前发现PCB制造商难以竞争。
现在，真正成功的精益计划利用现有的测量方法来创建“s.m.a.r.t”。目标（具体，可测量，可达到的，相关和时间绑定）。这些改进措施将所有东西从水使用到生产过程中使用的刚性材料的量。通过添加预先存在的指标，无论角色如何，为公司的每个人都会发生文化转变。瘦身转化为时间和物质废物减少 - 这是绿色作为制造商的精髓。
Adapted from a paper written by Nancy Viter, Director of Manufacturing, and Mathew Stevenson, Quality Assurance, Sunstone Circuits.
Sunstone Circuits
www.sunstone.com.
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