Using Lean Manufacturing Tools

6. Recommendations

• It is recommended that company management continue to implement standardized work and standardized training with the other production processes at the plant.

• Continue to consolidate lean management at the production plant, placing priority on those products that have a higher propensity to be internationally competitive.

• It is also recommendable to introduce the lean manufacturing strategy into management processes as a way to support all the production processes, thus guaranteeing continuity and improvement in the system.

• The maintenance and general managers should strengthen the preventive maintenance plan even more in order to ensure higher levels of machine availability and trustworthiness. As much as possible, autonomous maintenance should be started sooner rather than later.