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Improvement projects are needed, because good margins at the beginning of a product lifecycle will decrease as months/years go by. The main focus in improvement projects is minimizing waste. There are many types of waste: yield, uptime, search times, time people are waiting, etc. A short chapter is being devoted on this in van idee tot Diamant, this is however a fraction of what is needed. By means of 5/6S, working in sequence, working in small batches, etc. losses can be minimized. This is a long and intensive road, which needs to be supported by the entire organisation.
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