The organizational model which focuses on the flexibility is better than the fragmented one of lean production?
Changing markets is generating a different way to produce and manage companies.
A company has a competitive advantage if it does not just have people with the necessary skills to deal with the immediate but it also has the resources to face tomorrow, that is if it has people willing to get involved, to change, flexible people, curious and with the desire to grow.
In this way the company will be ready to deal with the changes when they arrive..
Category:
Production Management
Expediting is necessary when schedule changes cannot be accommodated by enterprise resources planning, safety stock, or other tools used to organize production. The rest of the time, it is nothing more than a crutch being leaned on by weak managers.