Don’t just clean the mess, 5S!

Lean 5S’s stand for Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize and Sustain and 5S is the most universal tool in ...

Does culture come before lean or does lean come before culture? It’s kind of a chicken or egg kind of question. Having implemented lean meth...

Build a Histogram

Before diving into the normal distribution curve, let’s start with the building block of it, the histogram. The word hist...

How to Use the Two Sample T-Test

Product manufacturing provides endless improvement opportunities. I thrived in my manufacturing career by ...

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

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

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 a ...