The three fundamental principles of lean manufacturing -- reducing waste, increasing value and continuous improvement -- relate very directly to training as well. You’re probably familiar with the ...

Lean’s three guiding principles involve purpose, process and people. “The primary purpose of any organization—and first step in any Lean thought process—is to correctly specify the value that the ...

You might have heard about lean manufacturing techniques and how they’ve helped companies such as Toyota streamline their processes, reduce waste, minimize costs and increase productivity. But if ...

Lean manufacturing principles are based on the idea that a company is at its best when it minimizes physical waste and maximizes its available resources. Implementing lean manufacturing policies and ...

TeamSense reports five manufacturing lessons from Taylor Swift: Focus on quality control, retain IP, minimize downtime, ...

Lean manufacturing is a production system that eliminates waste through all steps in the process to build a product. Companies using lean systems work to reduce costs, inventory and cycle time -- the ...

If you haven’t started applying lean construction techniques to your sheet metal shop, it’s not too late to start and get ahead of your competition. A few years ago, many ductwork fabrication shop ...

Six Sigma, a quality-control methodology first developed for manufacturing, is now used by business and organizations of all ...

Most of the lean transformation focuses heavily on the tools and techniques as it produces the most immediate improvement, but to sustain results companies need a fundamental set of behaviors. As a ...