Category Archives: Lean Matters
Manufacturing v. Services: The Rematch
Goods producers will outshine service providers in the near-term recovery, but will manufacturers stay lean?
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Keeping OSHA at Bay
Manufacturing payrolls are running thin these days, and companies can ill afford to lose workers to injuries.
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Toyota Wracked by Quality Concerns
Sticking gas pedals, rusty underbodies, and lower consumer confidence spell trouble for the world’s top automaker.
Humans: Batch, Not Real-Time, Processors
Thank you, lean manufacturing, for taking one thing at a time.
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Empower and Sustain: Good Management for Lean Manufacturing
A new study finds good management in some interesting places.
Manufacturing’s Heyday, Again?
The bullish economic reports this week singled out manufacturing’s contribution to the recovery. Can you use this time to contribute to your lean efforts?
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Visual Lean Learning
For a look at lean manufacturing from concept to implementation, check out this series of informative and entertaining videos — in less time than it takes to resolve a downtime incident.
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Asking the Right Inventory Questions
How do we decrease inventory? is just a precursor to a slew of other questions that will help guide you to that goal…
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The Future’s Too Far Away
Grand visions of the “factory of the future” invite a certain complacency; there’s much that manufacturers can do today to innovate on the floor.
Just in Time Just Isn’t