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The Visual Workplace
What is a Visual Workplace? In simple terms, the visual workplace is a workplace that places critical information at the...
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Lean and Mean: Making Time to Achieve It
Lean and mean. Everybody has heard that one. In the business environment it means to trim the excess--real as well...
Hello Safety, My Name Is Lean
Nice To Meet You The two biggest waves to hit the American workplace in recent years are Lean and improved...
Another Recall For Toyota
The Lean Leader braces for its latest recall Once again, the father of Lean manufacturing is making headlines for the...
DOWNTIME = Waste
In a business environment, efficiency and productivity are affected by many factors. Understanding all of these can be quite complex....
The Building Blocks of a Lean Organization
Building a lean organization not only helps keep operating costs down and making a profit margin or productivity level as...
3-D Printing: What Does the Future Hold?
The Not So Distant Future You're right in the middle of a filling a major order for one of your...
Getting To Know The Product-Process Matrix
When deadlines approach and it seems like there's no way you're going to pull through, work flow can potentially become...
5S: More Than Meets The Eye
The Lean manufacturing process known as 5S has become one of the most universally adopted tools of Lean. Whether your...
6 Lean Manufacturing Principles to Improve Your Productivity
Lean manufacturing is a production method that emphasizes the importance of the creation of value for the customer. It considers...
