Now more than ever, your sheet metal shop operations need to be lean in order for you to get the most out of your socially distanced workforce. But when it comes to lean, how do you separate fact from ...

A pair of local entrepreneurs are convinced that companies around the world need to be placed on a diet - one focused on becoming lean. That is the concept for the Lean Learning Center, founded in ...

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Simply put, lean is the practice of creating more value with fewer resources. The concept is inspired by the Japanese management theory from Toyota, where lean concepts are designed to improve and ...

We have often discussed the question of whether the ability to successfully implement a successful lean initiative is something like being able to dunk a basketball or bench press 300 pounds: One can ...

The process of designing and constructing a building is markedly different from that of manufacturing a product. But adapting lean production-management concepts from manufacturing for use in ...

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In the early years of my business career (mid ’80s), I was introduced to the concepts of Total Quality Management. My company was totally focused — from the top down — on removing inefficiencies from ...

A continuous quality improvement program, based on Lean concepts and including architectural, managerial, and organizational features, allows the emptying of emergency department corridors and the ...