(click here to begin this article series at Part I)

I’m sure anyone who has ever led a project can appreciate project obstacles. I...

If your operation is suffering from raw material inventory problems such as excessive stock, stock outages, frequent transactions and...

Within an hour, you can assess the success level of a factory. If you are invited to a manufacturing plant for any reason, for example as...

Moving the Culture Forward - Stay the course with Lean

In the beginning steps of your lean journey, not everyone will be on board and...

Kaizen Kickoff Complete! But now what?

So you are fully committed to your lean implementation and there is nothing that is going to get...

The Lean ROI 

Lean plants are safer, produce higher quality products, ship product on-time and produce at lower costs than non-lean...

What is a value stream? A value stream is the flow of all information and materials used to create customer value. This "value" could be...