This document discusses lean manufacturing and its basic elements. Lean manufacturing aims to eliminate waste and reduce costs by focusing on continuous improvement, pull systems that minimize inventory, and reducing lead times. The key elements of lean manufacturing are pull systems that produce only to meet demand, reducing lead times through preventative maintenance and cell manufacturing, and continuous improvement through kaizen. The document outlines the seven types of waste lean aims to eliminate: overproduction, waiting, transportation, inappropriate processing, inventory, motion, and defects.