"I'm from the government and I'm here to help you." These nine words were said to be the most feared sentence of President Reagan. Over 20 years later, many companies still feel the same way when they ...

LEAN manufacturing, and the lean concept in general, aims to provide more value for customers with fewer resources; effectively eliminating waste. The process of reducing waste covers a wide range ...

Lean and Six Sigma are the perfect pair for improving customer value by reducing waste, boosting productivity, and reducing defects and variations in products and services. Lean Six Sigma combines two ...

In today's business landscape, lean principles have become essential to achieving efficient and effective operations management. With a foundation built on reducing waste and fostering continuous ...

This column will introduce a lead-time metric that has seen 20 years of successful application in industry and fits-to-a-T what is needed for Next Generation Lean. This inclusion of suppliers and ...

Companies adopting a Lean philosophy strive to remove or shorten time spent on activities that the customer doesn’t value. For example, although steps like estimating and makeready are thought of as ...