Business GCSE
Lean production
What Lean production means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definitions of Lean production
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Reference: AQA
Using fewer resources to make the same output, targeting waste and inefficiency rather than necessarily cutting jobs.
An approach to management that focuses on cutting out waste whilst ensuring quality.
Topics that use Lean production
- Production processes (AQA GCSE)
- The elements of the marketing mix: price, product, promotion and place (4Ps) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Batch Production
- Job Production
- Just-in-Time (JIT)
- Access to customers
- Adaptation and reaction
- Adaptation to change
- Advertising
- Appropriateness
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