Understanding these key issues is a vital building block for developing your own lean implementation plan. Lean manufacturing includes the minimization or near elimination of storage time for ...

By adopting Lean, CMS is decreasing contract modification cycle time by more than 50 percent, achieving a 95 percent reduction in post implementation information technology change requests in ...

The secret is this: Most facilities that fail in a lean implementation have failed to create stable process flow. And by stable I mean statistically stable -- a process that is predictable. In simple ...

Leadership is an essential building block for the successful implementation of Lean Thinking. This course describes leadership behaviors critical to the successful implementation of Lean in any ...

One of the keys to a lean implementation is to become a learning organization through relentless reflection and continuous improvement. The following list of do's and don'ts is aimed at keeping ...

Lean Six Sigma training begins with Yellow Belt, followed by Green Belt, Black Belt, and culminiating in Master Black Belt. Each subsequent level of training builds upon the previous, leading to a ...

Candidates hear real examples of challenges faced during Lean implementation. They learn about the importance of using metrics to measure improvements. Certification requires passing a final exam and ...

I started working in construction, as many did, at a young age, as a gopher and worked my way up. Now 55 years old, I was part of the generation that entered the workforce as computers and new ...

Michigan Tech has embedded Lean Practitioners and Lean Implementation Leaders on campus. In addition to their regular work, Lean facilitators help other areas on campus practice continuous improvement ...

7 Today, extensive literature documents the success of the implementation of Lean techniques. 8-10 After Lean philosophy succeeded in helping the manufacturing industry, it expanded into the ...