One-Piece Flow vs. Batching

Download or read book One-Piece Flow vs. Batching written by Charles Protzman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although batching often appears more efficient than one-piece flow for individual tasks, the practice creates waste for other parts of the organization that more than offset its perceived benefits. A silent productivity killer, batching is an extremely difficult mindset to overcome and, as a result, numerous Lean initiatives have been destroyed by