What is Lean Manufacturing Software?

Lean manufacturing software enhances manufacturing efficiency by eliminating waste, optimizing resource use, and improving production processes through real-time data, analytics, and digital twins.

Dassault Systèmes offers best-in-class lean manufacturing solutions that empower manufacturers and their teams to achieve operational excellence.
These solutions support practices like: Value Stream Mapping, Just-in-Time (JIT), Kanban, 5S, Kaizen and Poka-yoke.

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Lean Manufacturing Benefits

Reduced Operational Costs

Eliminate inefficiencies by identifying and removing wasteful processes, significantly lowering operational expenses.

Improved Productivity

Increase throughput and yield by optimizing process flows, synchronizing operations, and reducing cycle times.

Enhanced Quality

Early defect detection, real-time error-proofing (Poka yoke), and compliance enforcement reduce scrap and defects.

Better Inventory Management

Real-time inventory visibility, material synchronization and pull systems such as kanban minimize excess inventory and storage costs.

Improved On-Time Delivery

Better scheduling integrated with pull-based execution and material movement systems like kanban, real-time visibility, and synchronization of processes.

How Does Lean Manufacturing Software Reduce Waste?

Lean manufacturing software targets the seven types of waste:

🔍 Defects: Detect and prevent errors early in the process through poka yoke and real-time monitoring.

📦 Overproduction: Synchronize production precisely with demand to prevent surplus inventory.

⏳ Waiting: Eliminate idle time with optimized scheduling, pull systems, and real-time communication.

🚚 Transportation: Streamline material movement and digitize documentation.

🚶‍♂️ Motion: Automate data entry and information distribution to minimize unnecessary actions.

🔄 Overprocessing: Simplify processes, reduce redundancy, and enhance digital information accessibility.

📊 Inventory: Implement pull systems and enforce inventory management best practices (FIFO/LIFO).

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Dassault Systèmes Lean Manufacturing Solutions

Dassault Systèmes offers powerful lean manufacturing solutions via the 3DEXPERIENCE cloud platform:

For lean manufacturing execution, DELMIA Apriso enables manufacturers to streamline and synchronize production processes per lean manufacturing principles. By providing the flexibility to easily release new processes, DELMIA Apriso supports continuous improvement, which is a key component of Lean Manufacturing.
For the lean workforce, DELMIA 3DLean offers a digital whiteboard to enable interactive collaboration and continuous improvement using lean principles. More info in the video below:

Lean Manufacturing Software: Five Principles at Dassault Systèmes

Dassault Systèmes aligns with the proven five principles of lean manufacturing:

Identify Customer Value: Focus processes on what customers value, eliminating activities that do not directly contribute.
Value Stream Mapping: Visualize production steps, identify non-value-added activities, and streamline workflows.
Create Continuous Flow: Ensure smooth transitions between production steps without delays or interruptions.
Establish Pull Systems: Align production with actual demand, minimizing inventory and reducing lead times.
Continuous Improvement: Leverage real-time data and feedback loops for ongoing process optimization and waste elimination.

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Lean Manufacturing Software Customer Story

Watch the video below to discover how BorgWarner uses DELMIA Apriso to build a lean business process and establish a standardized operation for their global manufacturing sites.

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Lean Manufacturing vs. Lean Management

Lean manufacturing software primarily targets production and operational processes, systematically identifying and removing waste, improving efficiency, and optimizing workflows on the factory floor. It employs digital solutions to streamline manufacturing operations, boost productivity, and lower costs.

Lean management, however, takes a broader organizational perspective, emphasizing continuous improvement at all management and strategic levels. It's an approach to leadership and business processes that encourages innovation, collaboration, and a company-wide culture of excellence and continuous improvement.

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Lean Manufacturing vs. Traditional Manufacturing

Traditional manufacturing practices generally rely on forecasts and standardized workflows, which can lead to excess inventory, inflexibility, and missed opportunities for improvement. Processes typically remain unchanged until problems become evident, and employees follow predefined routines without active encouragement to propose improvements.

Conversely, lean manufacturing software promotes continuous, proactive improvement by leveraging real-time data, empowering employees at all levels to identify inefficiencies, and encouraging adaptability. Rather than waiting for issues to arise, lean manufacturing solutions actively prevent waste and errors before they occur, resulting in significantly improved agility, reduced waste, and optimized resource usage.

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