Are you looking to reduce waste and improve efficiency in your printing operation? John Compton, principal at Compton & Associates LLC, a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt (MBB), and senior member of ...

Conservative presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has been promoting Lean Six Sigma as a means by which to reform the U.S. government. Among several endeavors, in mid-August he held a teleconference on ...

In the 1990s while first learning about Japanese manufacturing and Toyota, I was also studying organizational development. A retired University of Michigan researcher, Lawrence Lippitt, ran a monthly ...

A first-of-its-kind Lean Six Sigma (LSS) course is taking place at Fort McCoy, said Michael Modawell with the Directorate of Human Resources. Nineteen students completed the first week of LSS training ...

LEAN started in the automobile manufacturing industry and has spread to nearly every industry in every country. LEAN is how companies bring continuous improvement to life. It’s much simpler to ...

In this ongoing series, The Fix, we look to problems faced by real companies and how they solved them. The Fix: Handmaker began doing research on how to improve manufacturing processes in a holistic ...

In an era of rapid automotive industry transformation, lean manufacturing remains relevant as a cornerstone of efficient production. Lean manufacturing philosophy emphasises reducing waste and making ...

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 ...

Lean production philosophy centers on the elimination of waste in all forms in the workplace. Specific lean methods include just-in-time inventory management, Kanban scheduling systems, 5S workplace ...

The “8 Waste” methodology of lean management principles focuses on lab processes in a new METTLER TOLEDO guide and offers a useful way to identify non-value adding or unnecessary steps in routine ...