With the right approach to continuous improvement, printing companies can thrive if they’re willing to make the investment. To be successful, a company must recognize that processes are the central ...

If you are looking for a finish line, continuous improvement is not the right playing field on which to seek satisfaction. Great gains are possible, and incremental improvements have a home, but so, ...

Built to help you solve problems and seize opportunities within six strategic business practices—nine if you count our inaugural, co-located ID&E Show targeted to engineering professionals—the ...

Historically, making medical devices has been a complicated task, often due to the sheer number of parts produced, all in differing sizes and complexities. When you take into consideration the added ...

Lean manufacturing is a production theory that emphasizes the elimination of waste in all forms. Resource expenditures that do not contribute to the value of a product are wasteful in a lean ...

You might have heard about lean manufacturing techniques and how they’ve helped companies such as Toyota streamline their processes, reduce waste, minimize costs and increase productivity. But if ...

Lean and Continuous Improvement skills can be applied to many walks of life, not only in the manufacturing and business settings. Students can use Lean to their advantage, too. Get involved! A ...

Guests from the manufacturing industry and other lean leaders often come to speak here at Michigan Tech about their lean journeys and methods. Recent presenters have included representatives from ...

As Grote Industries celebrates its 125th anniversary, the family-owned manufacturer is continuing to build a leadership team positioned to guide ...

“Lean” process improvement can reduce costs, improve efficiency and make execution more predictable. Lean requires an investment and a culture change. Lean has resulted in improved execution in a ...

Lean manufacturing aims to incorporate processes and attitudes to increase efficiency and streamline operations and overhead, resulting in cost savings, increased profits and an engaged, motivated ...

Companies that have utilized lean manufacturing principles know a thing or two about cutting waste. With inauguration day behind us, we’ve already seen some of the first big moves from the new ...