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.

PITTSBURGH—October 5, 2007—Printing managers from companies across the country recently traveled to the Pittsburgh, PA headquarters of PIA/GATF to attend the inaugural presentation of Lean ...

Dixie Industries will host a Lean Maintenance for Management Workshop Aug. 8-11. The workshop is structured primarily around experiential activities in an actual plant environment where the system of ...

Lean manufacturing may be decades old, but its relevance is only growing stronger in the age of Industry 4.0. As manufacturers increasingly adopt smart manufacturing technologies, a powerful evolution ...

A lean manufacturing workshop will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. May 10 at the Manufacturing Technology Resource Center on the Southeast Missouri State University campus. Joe Bullinger, Missouri ...

He combines process-based QMS development and Lean thinking to improve process effectiveness and enterprise profitability. His experience includes developing technical curriculum and workshops, and ...

Lean manufacturing, by its very nature, requires cooperation from all employees from management to the shop floor. Driving process improvements through lean processes can only be achieved with ...

It’s a question that crops up with amazing regularity: What’s next after lean manufacturing? It’s an odd inquiry, really, because it implies that you “finish” lean or toss it aside in favor of the ...

The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) will offer hands-on workshops, June 25-28, 2013, on how to apply lean management principles in supply chain, logistics, warehousing, and distribution ...

A precision engineering specialist has completed a £650,000 factory improvement drive to help it boost efficiency and create a new final inspection department. Technoset, which employs 27 people at ...