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 product layout is the opposite of the process layout. Rather than have a specific section for each group of tools and supplies, the product layout is an assembly line.

Lean manufacturers have a leg up on speeding products to market, reducing costs and keeping customers happy. In this overview, I’ll share how to engineer, set up and manage the project for a lean ...

Bio: Jill Jusko is executive editor for IndustryWeek.She has been writing about manufacturing operations leadership for more than 20 years. Her coverage spotlights companies that are in pursuit of ...

This guide describes 9 basic lean manufacturing principles that should help you evaluate lean manufacturing solutions for your own applications. The 9 principles discussed are: Continuous Flow, Lean ...

Each step in this process is essential to adding value. Value stream mapping is a technique — developed from Lean manufacturing — that organizations use to create a visual guide of all the components ...

According to a comprehensive study by Future Market Insights, the global conveyor belt market is projected to be valued at ...

Drybars and DreamDrys may have swept every bachelorette-friendly city across the country, but Dana White says launching and growing Paralee Boyd, a Detroit-based salon business catering to African ...

We’ll explore common types of manufacturing waste, how to identify waste in your production process, and most importantly, how to minimize manufacturing waste so you can maximize your profits. 7 ...

Control: The new process was monitored using dashboards combining Agile metrics (velocity and lead time) with Lean Six Sigma metrics (Cpk and defect rates). Results Shipment delays decreased by 40%.