LEAN manufacturing, and the lean concept in general, aims to provide more value for customers with fewer resources; effectively eliminating waste. The process of reducing waste covers a wide range ...

Many components of a lean journey require a lot of activity: training, steering team meetings, benchmarking and study. These activities can consume vast resources and make those involved feel upbeat ...

Most shops are too busy getting work done meeting goals and objectives and initiating business strategies to look for waste. They should because eliminating waste is key to establishing a true ...

Companies adopting a Lean philosophy strive to remove or shorten time spent on activities that the customer doesn’t value. For example, although steps like estimating and makeready are thought of as ...

Lean and Six Sigma are the perfect pair for improving customer value by reducing waste, boosting productivity, and reducing defects and variations in products and services. Lean Six Sigma combines two ...

This column will introduce a lead-time metric that has seen 20 years of successful application in industry and fits-to-a-T what is needed for Next Generation Lean. This inclusion of suppliers and ...