Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma principals are used to improve processes and create efficiencies in the overall manufacturing process. Lean manufacturing is used to minimize waste, while saving costs ...

Lean manufacturing is an inventory-management and manufacturing strategy that companies implement to reduce costs, increase productivity and gain a competitive advantage. The techniques lean ...

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 ...

There is a common lean phrase, “Bad systems beat good people.” Sometimes it is attributed to Dr. W. Edwards Deming although it isn’t actually his quote. I’ve used it for 20 years but couldn’t tell you ...

The command-and-control hierarchical organization of large companies is rapidly giving way to a more biological metaphor, one in which a corporate nervous system senses important signals from the ...

I am going to share some pictures with you from Hodges Millwork of Royce City, Texas, in this article to demonstrate just how common sense lean is for anyone who may still doubt the simplistic, yet ...

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 ...

Circuit board test, like any step in the PCB assembly process, benefits from lean manufacturing practices that continually improve process steps. If lean manufacturing principles were applied to ...

Hess Corp is taking a page out of Toyota’s manufacturing book as it looks to cut costs and thrive at $40 oil. Automaker Toyota Motor Corp (NYSE: TM) disrupted the automotive industry when it developed ...

Safety has been getting an unexpected boost at some facilities that, in the past, did not seem so committed to a proactive safety approach. Old school employers are unexpectedly adopting many of the ...

CHESTER, W.Va., Sept. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NCS Solutions Inc. (NCS), serving faith-based organizations for more than 100 years through its manufacturing of offering envelopes set out to transform ...