Chipotle: Lean Manufacturing Applying Lean Manufacturing to Term Paper

Chipotle: Lean Manufacturing

Applying lean manufacturing to the food industry

Even though the food industry faces certain unique challenges regarding manufacturing (such as maintaining appropriate sanitary measures), there are many similarities between it and other industries

Particularly in the fast food industry, where foods are 'assembled' at point-of-purchase with standardized materials the concepts of lean manufacturing can be applied

Risk of applying lean in food industry, lean culture

Traditionally, it has been assumed that the food industry did not lend itself to lean manufacturing principes

"Typicay these business types se their product from arge distribution or product mixing centers, and are not make-to-order businesses" (Heymans 1).

Fast food companies "manufacture to a forecast, and usuay the forecast ead time to production is ong, resuting in arge differences between the forecast that drives production eves, and actua demand" (Heymans 1).

However, "companies in this industry have the same cost, quaity and deivery pressures as any other type of business" which can be heped via ean.....