What Comes First: The Lean or The Culture?

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

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How to Create a Lean VMI (Part II)

After completing our current state map (see Part I of this article series), it was clear that this diaper plant had huge improvement...

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How to Use Single-Piece Flow

Single-Piece Flow is the Cornerstone of Lean Manufacturing.

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

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