Lean manufacturing has become the latest ‘buzz word’ to sweep the industry. That’s not to say it’s just a fad – no, it’s a demand-driven reality.

It means many things to many different people, but its core is the elimination of waste – motion, time and material. The truth is, Hurco has been selling its customers ‘lean solutions’ for 30 years.

The concept of giving the machine operator all the tools and capabilities to convert part data in whatever format into a finished part at the machine is Hurco’s definition of a lean process. Perhaps the best example of this, though not at all the only one, is the DXF import package. It quickly converts CAD data into Hurco’s program data without loss or data input errors. 

But that’s just one of the automated, production enhancing elements Hurco offers. All of it transforms any shop into a lean operation.


Case Study: Gregor Technologies