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Designing Your Own Lean System
Lean systems are great and can make a company prosper. They improve quality, eliminate wasteful activity and increase value to the customer. The problem is that many managers often want to "carbon...
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Lean Implementation Solutions
After achieving success as part of a company's lean transformation, it is not uncommon for a senior manager to decide to join another organization with the goal of making dramatic operational...
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Keep the Customer in Mind When Applying Lean Principles
I recently had cause to visit a state government office to conduct some business. Prior to my visit, I decided to do some legwork to see what I was in for and to ensure that I was prepared for the...
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Standing Up for Lean Principles
I recently came across a blog about an executive who switched from his traditional "sit-down desk" to a "stand-up desk." He remarked that he loved the new desk and would never switch back. This...
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Notable Solutions Earns 2013 Kinetic Process Innovation Award
Notable Solutions Inc. (NSi) recently received a 2013 Kinetic Process Innovation Award in the data capture category for its work with Toyota Industries North America (TINA). The 17th annual awards...
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Choose Continuous Improvement over Lean Manufacturing
Some organizations misuse lean manufacturing to overwork their people and reduce the overall headcount. Let me assure you, I am not arguing to counter the fact that reducing the headcount will save...
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The Benefits of Lean Six Sigma
In a competitive, global marketplace, customers are more attuned to quality craftsmanship than ever before. They are also more likely to value corporate stewardship, especially as it relates to...
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Jabil Wins Lean Best Practice Award
Jabil Shanghai was recently named the winner of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Lean Best Practice Award in recognition of its efforts to drive innovation and Lean Six Sigma capabilities...
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Techniques to Improve Manufacturing Productivity
From two-slice toasters to Boeing jets, tools and dies are omnipresent staples of manufacturing. And where there are tools and dies, there are idle employees and lost production. Three decades ago, Dr....
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The Basics of Lean Manufacturing
Lean is a term used to describe a process of analysis and creative problem-solving. It shifts an organization's focus to creating value for the consumer by shortening production cycles, eliminating...
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Contrasting Lean with Maintenance Best Practices
Many organizations view improving their maintenance and reliability best practices as being distinct and separate from implementing lean initiatives. However, in reality a number of the processes...
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Learn from inspirational keynote speakers at AME conference
As many manufacturers begin their journey through an economic recovery phase, it is vital to uphold a solid organizational foundation that will help create and sustain global success. Building...
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How 3-D Printing is Revolutionizing Lean Manufacturing
It's no coincidence that 3-D printing is making a splash just as the conversation is turning toward lean. Lean manufacturing and 3-D printing go together naturally. While 3-D printing isn't a new...
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Lean methods and safety help manufacturers survive in tough times
With manufacturers across the country looking to save costs in every place possible, it's no wonder that lean manufacturing and safety have become the cornerstone of financially responsible business...
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Lean Manufacturing Shortcuts to Avoid
Lean manufacturing incorporates efficiency and simplicity to reduce waste from labor and materials losses while increasing profits. Lean production also requires quality production, or your business...
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How Lean Manufacturing is Influencing Other Industries
Around the world, the aim is the same — to produce a product as cost effectively as possible, to deliver it to the customer as quickly as possible and to do it with as few impediments as possible....
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6 Ways to Get Lean in 2015
Maybe you've loosened the belt a notch or two over the years. Inch by inch the borders around the waist have gotten a little wider. Bad habits have formed. An unhealthy diet creating large amounts of...
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Quick Response Manufacturing as an alternative to lean
Professor Suri tells about Quick Response Manufacturing at BoschScharnieren in Doetinchem, the Netherlands. QRM is a companywide strategy for lead-time reduction throughout the enterprise. Using QRM,...
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Achieving a Lean Transformation
A company that is moving from an old way of doing things to applying lean principles is said to be going through a lean transformation. A lean transformation is more than just eliminating waste. It...
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Using Material Handling Systems to Improve Productivity
The material handling industry has undergone considerable change since the days when humans first realized they could move materials more easily by rolling them over logs. Complex manufacturing control...
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