(ACTLean: Lawrenceville, GA) -- ACTLean, the training and coaching arm of Schuh & Co., has introduced the Lean 101 Never Ending Card simulation game to clarify and visualize the effect of lean principles. The game is available for free download on the ACTLean website.

The goal

The Lean 101 Never Ending Card simulation demonstrates the benefits of pull production and production cells (lean manufacturing) vs. push/batch production. The game compares batch or push production techniques to one piece pull production using sequential production and point-of-use methodology. It shows how quality and productivity improve while reducing work in progress inventory, scrap, rework, and floor space. The game has been designed for 6 to 12 participants with unlimited observers. It is based upon each participant taking an active role in running a mini-production line where “real” products are manufactured.

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