Eliminate waste in coal, gas, or nuclear power plant construction through a holistic application of lean principles. “Lean thinking” is a set of principles that work to eliminate waste and create new ...

Taichi Ohno, progenitor of the Toyota Production System, identified seven forms of waste, and lean insiders often add an eighth: the waste of human resources. I propose a ninth: the waste of ...

In the 1990s while first learning about Japanese manufacturing and Toyota, I was also studying organizational development. A retired University of Michigan researcher, Lawrence Lippitt, ran a monthly ...

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With more than $38 billion spent on healthcare construction this year in the U.S alone, there is a tremendous opportunity for capital projects to incorporate efficiency, safety, and patient-centered ...

Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire clearly was pleased by the standing-room-only size of the audience that greeted her as she climbed onto the Tacoma Convention Center stage recently for the Washington ...

The application of ‘lean thinking’ manufacturing and management strategies can help reduce waste and build more efficient supply chains, according to new research. Lean thinking is a management ...

LEAN started in the automobile manufacturing industry and has spread to nearly every industry in every country. LEAN is how companies bring continuous improvement to life. It’s much simpler to ...

Applying Lean Six Sigma quality management techniques allows service management professionals to eliminate activities that add no value to customers, decrease costs, eliminate defects, reduce ...