There are a number of articles and books written on lean manufacturing techniques and lean construction, including many in the pages of Snips about applying lean in sheet metal shops. This article ...

Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma principals are used to improve processes and create efficiencies in the overall manufacturing process. Lean manufacturing is used to minimize waste, while saving ...

If you haven’t started applying lean construction techniques to your sheet metal shop, it’s not too late to start and get ahead of your competition. A few years ago, many ductwork fabrication shop ...

How to Use Incentives for Lean Manufacturing. Lean manufacturing, by its very nature, requires cooperation from all employees from management to the shop floor. Driving process improvements ...

Lean manufacturing techniques have come to hospitals in North Carolina via the automotive industry. Read how lean manufacturing tools help hospital costs.

Lean manufacturing refers to a concept pioneered by Toyota Motor Corp. and other companies. Lean plants eliminate huge inventories and bring workstations closer together to improve flow and cut ...

A hospital stroke team used auto industry "lean" manufacturing principles to accelerate stroke treatment times. The average time between patients arriving and receiving clot-busting treatment ...

A hospital stroke team used auto industry “lean” manufacturing principles to accelerate treatment times, according to new research.

Lied’s, a Sussex-based garden center, nursery and landscaping company, will begin a dramatic transformation this fall by using lean manufacturing techniques. By next spring, Lied’s plans to ...