To remain competitive, manufacturers must utilize "lean manufacturing" — operating with maximum productivity and process efficiency, while generating quality products. Although establishing processes ...

For manufacturers seeking to improve operational performance, understanding how waste appears on the shop floor — and how to ...

“They need a conveyor,” said the guy on my left as we observed the assembly process. Operators walked back and forth from the assembly station to bring finished parts to the shelf and to get ...

Lean thinking originated with the Toyota Production System. Its success in streamlining existing automotive manufacturing processes led to the adaptation of those principles to other areas of business ...

Visitors at ATX East can get a free mini-CD containing all the episodes and transcripts from the Rexroth Lean Manufacturing Podcast Series. Newest episode gives advice for OEMs and manufacturers on ...

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 ...

Circuit board test, like any step in the PCB assembly process, benefits from lean manufacturing practices that continually improve process steps. If lean manufacturing principles were applied to ...

Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma principals are used to improve processes and create efficiencies in the overall manufacturing process. Lean manufacturing is used to minimize waste, while saving costs ...

Medical device manufacturing is a high-stakes game where efficiency meets precision. With tight regulations, complex designs, and a need for speed, how do companies stay ahead without cutting corners?

Ries is, at first glance, very different from the quality gurus who presided–either physically or in spirit–over GE in the last century. In the 1950s William Edwards Deming taught the Japanese to ...