To meet ever-rising customer expectations,
manufacturing companies need to design,
execute, and constantly improve processes
that ensure the best product quality at a
low cost, with minimal waste and maximum
employee safety.
The North Star in achieving this is World
Class Manufacturing (WCM) — a set of
policies and principles developed for
the operation and management of a
manufacturing organization that focuses
on becoming lean with cost-effective and
flexible operating processes; it covers not
just shop-floor practices but also all aspects
of an organization’s activities.1
WCM is the
philosophy of being the best, the fastest,
and the lowest-cost producer of a product or
service. It implies the constant improvement
of products, processes, and services to
remain an industry leader and to be the best
choice for customers, regardless of where
they are in the buyer’s journey