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 ...

Traditional manufacturing refers to manufacturing principles focused on producing a certain set number of products each period and holding a reserve in case of unexpected demand or shortages. This ...

Lean manufacturing starts with “buy in” at the shop-floor level, by individual workers. Those who do the work need to be fully invested in the process for it to succeed. Lean manufacturing is perhaps ...

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 ...

Last year accelerated the fact that to survive most effectively in a volatile marketplace supply chains and manufacturing firms need to transform and become more digital. Robert Bodor, vice president ...

No self-respecting, manufacturing conference covering a broad spectrum of topics these days would be without a session or two on Lean Manufacturing—which continues to be a hot industry topic. Such was ...

Quality is one of the strongest indications of a brand’s strength, especially in the automotive industry. When you consider ...

It’s not another "flavor of the month" or one more program that senior management tries in the quest for greater efficiency. Instead, lean enterprise offers significant company and customer benefits ...

Eliminating labor and material waste in the manufacturing process. Lean production includes eliminating products with less value to the customer and moving those resources to products that have ...

With that title, you may think, “That’s clickbait.” But I assure you it’s 100% true. It all started with a call from Au Niveau in Montreal, Canada. This company is run by an amazing couple, Mehdi ...

It’s a question that crops up with amazing regularity: What’s next after lean manufacturing? It’s an odd inquiry, really, because it implies that you “finish” lean or toss it aside in favor of the ...

WATERVLIET >> Leadership at the Watervliet Arsenal is finding even small tweaks to a production line can produce huge savings, savings they hope will improve Army readiness. In an era of declining ...