Abstract

In competitive environment lean manufacturing is necessary in every industry. Lean production is a standard\nmanufacturing mode of the 21st century. Lean manufacturing have various synonyms like lean management, lean production,\nIt is very use full techniques for reduce the flow of non-value added time. Lean manufacturing is a philosophy to reduce the\ntime between customer order and products are ready for the delivery by eliminating waste. Waste (muda) is a serious problem\nin to the industry it is creates a non-value added services and poor quality of the product. Wastes are seven type occurs in\nindustry 1) transport,2) inventory,3)motion,4) waiting,5) over production,6) over processing,7) defect. It is eliminate with the\nhelp of lean manufacturing. It is an integrated system that gives production of goods/services with minimum buffering costs.\nThis paper describes a preliminary study in developing a conceptual model to measure leanness in manufacturing industry.\nLiterature survey, books and report analysis contribute to the main preliminary analysis of this study. The most common tools\nor techniques and their usefulness have been investigated.