Lean Manufacturing is a combination of techniques and tools that result in maximum efficiency in operations, enhanced ability to meet customer expectations, and increased profitability. Prism eSolutions, with its business partners, provides Lean Manufacturing services, content, and functionality on the web-based equation® system. Lean improvement methods are used in various combinations depending on your organization’s existing structure, processes, customers, and capabilities, but will usually include some elements of: | • | Value Stream Mapping | | • | Kaizen Events | | • | 5S | | • | Cellular Manufacturing | | • | Kanban Inventory Management | | • | Total Productive Maintenance | | • | Set Up Reduction | | • | Lean Sigma | | • | And others | equation®provides a variety of tools and resources to help our customers sustain the improvements they make with lean methods, including: | • | Project Management tools to guide you through the implementation of the various elements of your system. | | • | Document Control functions to manage all key documents in an on-line and secure environment. | | • | Data Collection tools that collect various data from your organization and its suppliers. | | • | Improvement tools to enter, administer, track, complete, and report all action items related to your Lean initiatives. | | • | Audit tools to help you schedule, plan, conduct, and report audits of your Lean improvements to ensure ongoing implementation and improvement | | 
