Imagine driving a very fast car in the dark with only a flashlight to guide your way. Your visibility would be so limited that you could never reach the full potential of that vehicle. You could never see what was further down the road beyond the next few metres. This is a good analogy for the concept of shift left in manufacturing In the manufacturing context, this is the equivalent of focusing on just one single process at a time. When departments focus on one specific area of the value chain, they can’t see the big picture. Without this wider…