Manufacturing by Shahrukh A. Irani
February 2022
Lean principles for high-mix, low-volume firms
Any high-mix low-volume (HMLV)
manufacturer – such as a forge shop, machine
shop, fabricator, foundry, moldmaker,
print shop, injection molder, steel
service center or maintenance, repair
and overhaul facility – makes hundreds,
maybe thousands, of different products
with different manufacturing routings
for different customers who set different
due dates for the products they order.
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