If you’ve heard some buzz about Lean tools and principles, you’re not alone. Lean tools got their start in America as early as the 1900s, when Henry Ford used Lean methodology to create the Model T ...

This webinar (Oct. 24) will discuss lean philosophy and the elimination of waste to improve the construction process, especially in the realm of accident elimination. Equipment; Rental; ...

This article will discuss tools that lend themselves to the practice of Next Generation Lean. Two of them have already been discussed earlier in the series, i.e., Value Stream Mapping and MCT Critical ...

Key Points Prioritize understanding and meeting customer needs to enhance satisfaction and loyalty, driving overall business ...

Corel MindManager is mind mapping software for business that supports effective lean management across any industry sector, says Charity Mtshali, product manager for Corel MindManager at Axiz.

Product management for Horizon 2 and 3 uses existing Lean Innovation Management tools such as Lean LaunchPad®, the NSF I-Corps™ or the equivalent. prod mgmt for Horizon 3Using these tools ...

Key Points Data visualization is key to the decision-making needed in Lean Six Sigma. Tools should be selected based on ease of use, functionality, and integrations into current workflows.

Health systems using the Lean management system were probably better prepared to respond to COVID-19, but experts argue most Lean hospitals don’t use it correctly.

A VSA is a Lean-management tool used to analyze the current state and design a future state for the series of events that take a product or service from its beginning through to the customer.

All too often, executives attend a lean seminar and learn the tools of lean (value stream mapping, kanban, poke yoke, and others). What they fail to learn is that, for their lean journey to be ...