Released on = February 24, 2006, 7:17 am

Press Release Author = Thomas Cutler

Industry = Management

Press Release Summary = Processes Must be First Argues Canada's Management Magazine

Press Release Body = Thomas R. Cutler, who founded the Manufacturing Media
Consortium in 1999, has grown the participation from 300 journalists to more than
two thousands key clients, journalists, editors, trendsetters, and key business
leaders worldwide. Cutler has authored more than 1000 articles for a wide range of
manufacturing periodicals, industrial publications, and business journals including
most of the leading monthly trade publications. Cutler is the author of The
Manufacturers' Public Relations and Media Guide. Cutler was voted #1 Manufacturing
Journalist for the third year in a row. The firm has forty-two employees worldwide.
TR Cutler, Inc., (www.trcutlerinc.com), is the largest
manufacturing marketing and public relations firm worldwide and is based in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida.

Cutler suggests that manufacturers are rethinking lean. Before investing in more
technology, manufacturers are making sure the processes in place are working at, or
close to, capacity. Canada's Management Magazine contains more of Cutler's
assertions and can be read at
http://www.managementmag.com/index.cfm/ci_id/2523/la_id/1.htm.

According to Cutler, "The road to fulfilling a lean initiative begins with a
willingness to do some serious housecleaning. Some do this cursorily, derive
quantifiable improvements, and suggest that they have achieved their lean objective.
However, a lean process has to be a continuous process of improvement if it is to
succeed. After cleaning a section of the manufacturing house, it's time to ferret
out the dirt and dust throughout the rest of the enterprise. The bottom line is that
if a lean program doesn't touch all areas of the business, it won't succeed."

Lean processes are introduced in companies to eliminate waste. Considering how
effective the process has been for many companies, it's somewhat surprising to learn
that only about 61% of Canadian manufacturers have introduced a lean process into
their operations. Of that 61%, many confess that the effort has been cursory,
managing to deal with only surface issues at best.






Web Site = http://www.trcutlerinc.com

Contact Details = TR Cutler, Inc.
www.trcutlerinc.com
Thomas Cutler
954-486-7562