The "Process Mapping for Risk-Based P&PC Using Lean Six Sigma and HACCP" webinar has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. There is an on-going major shift in the emphasis of U.S. FDA CGMP ...

As an industry, the American healthcare system falls into three groups: those that embraced Lean principles early and persevered, those that tried and failed and quit, and those that are just waking ...

Manufacturers can identify and reduce waste using tools such as value-stream mapping. Process efficiency programs at pharmaceutical companies-whether called operational excellence, lean manufacturing, ...

Process mapping is one of the basic quality or process improvement tools used in Lean Six Sigma. It has acquired more importance in recent times, given the complexities of processes and the need to ...

While Lean principles have been known and applied in a variety of manufacturing processes, the applications in product development have been slower to come. Several companies have also applied Lean to ...

There is a common lean phrase, “Bad systems beat good people.” Sometimes it is attributed to Dr. W. Edwards Deming although it isn’t actually his quote. I’ve used it for 20 years but couldn’t tell you ...

According to Jeffery Liker’s book, The Toyota Way, it’s estimated that most business processes are 90% waste and 10% value-added work. Value-added activities in a process are considered those that ...