Antti Halonen

Production optimization is a process in which a manufacturing company uses various means to improve production efficiency. Often, the aim of optimization is either financial or time savings, but human and environmental...

In the manufacturing industry, waste is created when demand and supply fail to match at a given time. One cause may be that a company manufactures too many products due to failed planning.

Decisions made in a change situation influence manufacturing designers, the ground-level staff, production management, material procurement, sales, financial department and ultimately also the company management.