High competition in food industry forced companies to reduce their wastes, cost, and increase their efficiency.
For achieving these objectives, lean was successfully adopted in automotive industry; the research will explore
opportunities of applying lean thinking in food processing industry.
As(Venkat and Wakeland, 2006) integrated lean and simulation in car repair case study which reflect in 30% cost
reduction. The lean used as map the process and reduce none-value activities. Taguchi applied as a framework for
the simulation applied triangle distribution with applied all the scenarios of process delay and customers behaviors.
However, there are other variables may consider such as %stopped and %blocked.