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Lean Production & Automation: Finding the right mix

June 4, 2014
Sponsored by Bosch Rexroth
Lean manufacturing has proven to be a powerful way for many companies to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. To be good at lean, companies must commit to it and pursue lean techniques vigorously. That includes making intelligent decisions about how to use automation technology to become—and to stay—lean. This paper details ways to analyze your production and identify the level of automation that will be most effective at keeping your operations lean.

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