With a renewed focus on "doing more with less," many organizations are looking at how the adoption of lean processes can increase efficiency and thus grow their bottom line. Lean programs within ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jon Miller of Gemba Research answers a question from a reader in the nuclear industry about how lean stops errors... Scott asked an important question on how lean processes can be used to prevent ...

Lean manufacturing principles are based on the idea that a company is at its best when it minimizes physical waste and maximizes its available resources. Implementing lean manufacturing policies and ...

Picking up from last month’s discussion of the four principle elements of the Lean Management System, this month’s column will focus on the second element — visual controls. The four elements that ...

In the past, hospitals had one role: deliver care. But in recent years, some of the largest hospitals and health systems have assumed the financial risk of delivering care. One organization serving in ...

VSM is a lean management technique that helps businesses eliminate process redundancies and waste by finding ways to improve current lean and agile business processes. Companies are always looking for ...

The realization of major cost and cycle-time savings in ultradeepwater projects requires the intersection of three major lean energy processes discussed in Parts 1-5 of this series: Subsurface ...

The software industry at the turn of the century needed a new direction. After years of preparing for Y2K, and then the dot-com crash, it was time for change. Industry leaders came together and ...