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.

Eliminate waste in coal, gas, or nuclear power plant construction through a holistic application of lean principles. “Lean thinking” is a set of principles that work to eliminate waste and create new ...

In this article Computer Associates' Sumner Blount explains the four main principles of Lean GRC -- highlighting how companies can leverage the concepts of Lean Manufacturing and Lean IT to help ...

In today's manufacturing environment, assembly work is routinely characterized by short production cycles and constantly diminishing batch sizes, while the variety of product types and models ...

There are a number of articles and books written on lean manufacturing techniques and lean construction, including many in the pages of Snips about applying lean in sheet metal shops. This article ...

Are you contemplating a Lean Six Sigma deployment in your organization to drive operational excellence? Remember the principles. Have you already introduced a Lean Six Sigma effort, but it is ...

"Go see, ask why, show respect." The words of Toyota chairman Fujio Cho have become renowned as the basic lean principles on which to build and run a business. The concept here revolves around the ...

Eastpack chief executive Tony Hawken says the company has adopted basic lean principles and has seen a 28 per cent reduced labour. Photo / File The Bay of Plenty's lean cluster group, which utilises ...