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 ...

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 manufacturing is a production system that eliminates waste through all steps in the process to build a product. Companies using lean systems work to reduce costs, inventory and cycle time -- the ...

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 ...

Every business wants to be more efficient and profitable, but the majority of woodworking businesses in North America have not embraced a system that promises to do exactly that. We are talking about ...

Manufacturing first embraced Lean and Six Sigma techniques — tools and strategies to improve business processes — in the 1980s, and the concepts are gaining ground in truck maintenance shops. Those in ...

Eliminating waste is never a bad thing, but if you’re already running lean, you may not need to pay for high-priced consultants to tell you what you know. Lean manufacturing techniques originated at ...

UK industry needs to emulate its US counterparts and adopt 'lean manufacturing' techniques. The sector's willingness to help itself is now more important than calling for government intervention. This ...

Kevin Maddy has 27 years manufacturing experience, the past 14 years as an executive specializing in turn-around management, organizational reengineering, and the implementation of lean manufacturing ...

1. It’s here. Many big healthcare systems claim are “all in” with Lean an essential part of their operating strategy. If this year’s Lean Healthcare Summit is any indication, the Lean movement in ...

To maintain the schedule for such a large project, Turner implemented a variety of advanced techniques and systems throughout the construction process. These included LEAN construction guidances, ...