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How a Small Bakery Cut Waste by 60 Percent With Lean Operations
Episode 60 of The Operations Podcast digs into a specific case study: a small artisan bakery in Portland that used lean manufacturing principles to cut ingredient waste by 60%, reduce labor costs by 15%, and double output without adding ovens. Lucas and Luna walk through the exact steps the owner took—from value-stream mapping the dough process to implementing a kanban system for flour and butter. They explore how a business with just eight employees applied Toyota Production System tools in a high-variability, handmade environment. Topics include the five-why root cause analysis on stale…
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