You’re probably familiar with the principles of lean manufacturing. Stripped to its roots, lean focuses on decreasing waste, increasing value to the customer and a process of continuous improvement.

A properly designed lean workcell must be easy to reconfigure. In fact, the ability to change the process and go from good part to good part as quickly as possible is a must. The faster the changeover ...

Daniel Markovitz has been a student of lean manufacturing since he first read The Machine that Changed the World as a Stanford Business School student in 1992. Six years ago, when he became a time ...

In practice, lean manufacturing is an operating philosophy that yields a number of long-term benefits that aren’t always obvious to those who are considering adopting it. The first thing most ...

The same lean principles that help healthcare systems improve care delivery and cost can also manage population health, says the CEO of the not-for-profit ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value in ...

The principles of lean manufacturing have proven their effectiveness across various industries, and the project management domain is no exception. The integration of lean principles into project ...

Shannon Karels, a senior operations manager, and Kathy Miller, a senior operations executive, use their collective experience to share knowledge about supply chain leadership and the journey to ...

Lean manufacturing may be decades old, but its relevance is only growing stronger in the age of Industry 4.0. As manufacturers increasingly adopt smart manufacturing technologies, a powerful evolution ...

Eliminate waste in coal, gas, or nuclear power plant construction through a holistic application of lean principles. “Lean thinking” is a set of principles that work to eliminate waste and create new ...

In today's manufacturing environment, assembly work is routinely characterized by short production cycles and constantly diminishing batch sizes, while the variety of product types and models ...