Lean Manufacturing identifies 8-types of waste. These wastes in lean terms are called MUDA, a Japanese word meaning "wasteful". A...

Tools for the Trenches is setting out on a journey to explore our industrial heritage. Manufacturing has been my career home for over 40...

Six-sigma is a popular buzz word in plants, but do you understand the basics of what it means?  The grass roots explanation of...

Single-Piece Flow is the Cornerstone of Lean Manufacturing.

With single-piece methodology,  you want the initial process to produce...

5S stands for Sort, Set-in order, Shine, Standardize and Sustain. These are the steps we use to clean up and organize an area in the...