(Bosch Rexroth: Buchanan, MI) --  Bosch Rexroth and well-known lean manufacturing training organization GBMP have collaborated on three informative new podcasts in the Rexroth lean manufacturing podcast series. In the first podcast, GBMP president, Bruce Hamilton, offers his insight on three fundamental components of success with lean manufacturing.

• The foundation of the lean system is the most critical. The foundation explains the reasoning behind a particular operation or system.
• The management component means that management must support the lean system in a visible way, because it likely represents a major change in the way business is done.
• Countermeasures are often what receive the most attention in lean environments. Countermeasures are not a means to an end, but rather a part of the overall solution.

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