Lean Manufacturing divides a company's production activities into three categories based on value-added status: (1) value-added activities, (2) non-value-added activities that are difficult to eliminate, and (3) non-value-added activities that can be eliminated. Lean Manufacturing emphasizes that all non-value-added production activities should be regarded as waste. For a company to successfully implement lean manufacturing, it must overcome the problem of waste.

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