How to improve quality and quantity at the same time

One thing that every manufacturing plant manager is going to be aware of is the quality of their products and the quantity of their products. The reason that they are going to be aware of both the quality and the quantity of their products is that what the company is producing is how they are making their profits, basically the quality and quantity of the products is the company's bottom line it is what can make or break the manufacturing company. So every manufacturing company is going to do what ever it takes to improve both their quality and quantity at the same time. The reason for this is that if they improve their quality they are not going to be wasting as much money on failed productions but at the same time they are also going to be making a better product which will in turn please their customers. But by improving the quantity of products the company is going to be able to sell more products which in turn will led to increased profits, but the only way that they are going to be able to improve the amount of product they are manufacturing is to cut down on waste and to improve their manufacturing process all around. And the best way to go about improving both quality and quantity at the same time is to implement lean manufacturing.

Here are some of the things that you are going to need to do to implement lean manufacturing to improve both quality and quantity at the same time.

Step one:
The first thing that you are going to need to do is to make sure that your upper management or senior management is onboard and are willing to practice what they are preaching. Employees most often learn by example and nobody sets more of an example than your upper management, so in order to implement lean manufacturing it must started from the top and work its way down.

Step two:
The next thing that you are going to need to do is to pick a project leader. Keep in mind when picking the project leader you are going to want to pick somebody who gets along well with others, is well liked and respected by their employees, not to mention somebody who has a persuasive personality. The reason you want somebody like this is because they are going to be responsible for bringing together teams from a cross functional environment.

Step three:
The next thing that you are going to need to do is to pick a small group of people, around 3 to 5 people, from different departments. These people you are picking are going to be working with the project leader in implementing lean manufacturing. And since they are going to be in charge of switching over to lean manufacturing you are going to want to make sure that they are enthusiastic about it and support it. Once you have picked the project leader and the team you are going to need to train them on lean manufacturing.

Step four:
After training the team on the various lean tools and techniques you are going to want to choose the most appropriate techniques for your company, you can decide as a team or use management's decision in this case. After choosing the right techniques for your company you are going to want to prioritize them so that you can implement them in the order you feel is most important. But keep in mind that you do not have to implement all of the lean tools and techniques; you should only implement the ones that work the best for your company.

Keep in mind that these are the basic steps to implementing lean manufacturing. After you have switched your entire company over to lean manufacturing you will notice a huge improvement in both quality and quantity.