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What Conversations Does Your VSM Drive?

The Lean Thinker

Getting a continuous improvement culture into place means changing the day-to-day patterns of interaction between people and groups of people. The Future State Map is a Hypothesis Once you understand the current condition, the next step is to answer the question, “How does the process need to operate in order to meet our goal?”

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[INFOGRAPHIC & VIDEO] A 2D Explainer of Rapid Prototyping & Additive Manufacturing in 3D Printing

GlobalTranz

Rapid prototyping is a group of techniques used to quickly fabricate a scale model of a physical part or assembly using three-dimensional computer aided design (CAD) data. What is Rapid Prototyping? Construction of the part or assembly is usually done using 3D printing or "additive layer manufacturing" technology. Functional Principle.