Repetitive and flexible - Sounds too good to be true?To many people "Lean" is primarily about reducing waste. To appreciate it is more than this one needs to understand the Toyota World Class model, the origin of Lean Thinking principles, as originally drawn by Fujio Cho of Toyota in 1973. Reducing waste is an OUTCOME in the model. The foundation is levelled production - probably the least understood aspect of Lean. It is a 5 step process that few companies understand or follow. RfS can explain these steps, which are at first both counter-intuitive and fly in the face of conventional wisdom on how to improve performance in manufacturing and across the supply chain. RfS can also crucially help you implement the steps of levelling leading to a different improvement phenomenon called "Economies of Repetition".RfS is not about improving the way you do things, it is about changing the way you do things. Implementation of RfS as the logic of planning - rather than batch logic which is fundamentally flawed - delivers increases in performance, margins and customer responsiveness at the same time as reductions in inventories. It is Lean as based on the original Toyota Production System but not the way most companies understand or implement Lean.Take a look at the web site to learn more www.RepetitiveFlexibleSupply.com or drop me an email at ian@RepetitiveFlexibleSupply.com