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Footprint optimization, whether completed on a manufacturing or global scale, is relevant throughout every industry and at any point during economic and business cycles. Organizations need to regularly optimize their footprint to ensure their long-term competitiveness.
Lean manufacturing. Lean manufacturing or lean production, often simply lean, is a systematic method for waste minimization (Muda) within a manufacturing system without sacrificing productivity. Lean also takes into account waste created through overburden (Muri) and waste created through unevenness in work loads (Mura). Working from the perspective of the client who consumes a product or service, value is any action or process that a customer would be willing to pay for.