Another printer that has found success with employing a continuous improvement strategy is Suttle-Straus in Waunakee, Wis. According to Susan Pschorr, director of human resources, the company ...

Example: A manufacturing team uses Agile stand-ups to discuss daily challenges. They identify bottlenecks in real-time and employ Lean Six Sigma techniques to analyze and resolve them.

Lean manufacturing uses just-in-time deliveries to keep inventory to a minimum. The principle of continuing improvement tries to achieve the ideal situation in which suppliers deliver material ...

Lean and Six Sigma are two distinct organizational improvement methods that are being combined into an organizational streamlining program. Each has its capabilities and its limits. Let’s take a ...

You’re probably familiar with the principles of lean manufacturing. Stripped to its roots, lean focuses on decreasing waste, increasing value to the customer and a process of continuous improvement.

While Lean principles have been known and applied in a variety of manufacturing processes, the applications in product development have been slower to come. Several companies have also applied Lean to ...

2. Create a continuous improvement culture. Process and workflow improvement aren’t just things that you do every five years when it’s time to create your next strategic plan.

He puts lean thinking in action at My Door Factory, a cabinet door manufacturing business he founded in St. Thomas, Ontario. And he is also founder of Stolbek, a machinery manufacturer.

The same lean principles that help healthcare systems improve care delivery and cost can also manage population health, says the CEO of the not-for-profit ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value in ...

Process improvement in cardiac surgery: development and implementation of a reoperation for bleeding checklist. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013;146 (5):1028-1032. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.05.043.