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.

It is an unfortunate fact: Many senior leaders and senior staff do not understand the fundamentals of lean. It’s one thing to recite knowledge of lean, and another to live lean every day—both on the ...

The Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology offers a lean certification program—providing training and coaching that teaches participants how to reduce costs ...

PLATTSBURGH -- Employees from nine local companies received white martial-arts-type belts that symbolize their rank in implementing lean practices. "I think they have done a great job applying those ...

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--California Manufacturing Technology Consulting® (CMTC) recently provided Lean Manufacturing training and consulting services to Justice Design Group (JDG) to help ...

Addressing the needs of workers in a global economy, $15 million in state grants are being awarded to 83 manufacturers and organizations in New York state. Of them, The Gleason Works in Rochester is a ...

Originally designed for manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma principles are now widely adopted in corporate and transactional ...

You don’t have to read too many books on lean manufacturing before you come across the indisputable fact that standard work is at the core of your lean transformation. My two favorite quotes from my ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCBD) – Trident Technical College has announced plans to offer free lean manufacturing training for 84 participants through the ManuFirstSC Grant program. With the demand for ...

Lean manufacturing, by its very nature, requires cooperation from all employees from management to the shop floor. Driving process improvements through lean processes can only be achieved with ...