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 has long been celebrated for its systematic approach to reducing waste and enhancing efficiency in production environments. In the contemporary industrial landscape, changeover ...

UK industry needs to emulate its US counterparts and adopt 'lean manufacturing' techniques. The sector's willingness to help itself is now more important than calling for government intervention. This ...

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 ...

Though the terms Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing often conjure images of industrial plants and assembly lines, the application of these principles has no limits. Any industry that provides a product ...

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 ...

Some of the leanest, most efficient operating rooms and emergency rooms in North Carolina hospitals have the automotive industry to thank for their smoother running operations. Lewis says the ...

The Nugget Co. has joined an engineering consortium at the University of Texas at San Antonio to help streamline the company’s manufacturing processes. The Nugget Co. manufactures and markets a line ...

You’re probably familiar with the principles of lean manufacturing. Stripped to its roots, lean focuses on decreasing waste, increasing value to the customer and a process of continuous improvement.

Heavy metal was heard loud and clear Wednesday at the Tulsa Marriott Southern Hills, but it had nothing to do with hard-edge music. Instead, employees and managers from manufacturers all across the ...

A hospital stroke team used auto industry “lean” manufacturing principles to accelerate treatment times, according to new research. A hospital stroke team used auto industry "lean" manufacturing ...

A hospital stroke team used auto industry "lean" manufacturing principles to accelerate treatment times, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Stroke. In a prospective ...